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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Lith
| settlement_type         = Village
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| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = File:Lith, de Sint Lambertuskerk RM516542 positie2 foto2 2016-06-19 17.40.jpg
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| image_caption           = St Lambertus Church
| image_flag              = Lith vlag.svg
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Lith.svg
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| pushpin_map             = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Oss]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5397AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 4.9
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| area_total_km2          = 13.04
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 3,130
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 5397<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0412
| coordinates             = {{coord|51.8051|5.4398|region:NL|display=title, inline}}
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'''Lith''' ({{pronunciation|207 Lith.ogg}}) is a village in the province [[North Brabant]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Before 2011, there was also a municipality; since 2011 Lith is a part of [[Oss]].

== History ==
Lith was first mentioned in 1202 as Litte. The etymology is unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/lith |title=Lith - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Lith developed on a [[Ford (crossing)|fordable]] location on the [[Meuse|Maas]]. A harbour has been known to exist at Lith since 968. Originally it was part of the [[Duchy of Brabant]]. Later it became part of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]]. In 1672, it was conquered by the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0105.php |title=Lith |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Dutch Reformed church dated from the Middle Ages, but was destroyed by a [[V-1 flying bomb]] in 1945. The church was rebuilt in 1953. The Catholic St Lambertus Church was built 1899 and 1900 and has a slender needle spire.<ref name="monument"/> The [[grist mill]] Zeldenrust was built around 1800. It remained in service until 1972, and bought by the municipality in 1973. The wind mill is occasionally in use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=548 |title=Zeldenrust |website=Molen database |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Lith was home to 1,279 people in 1840. Lith was an independent municipality until 1958 when it was merged into [[Alem, Maren en Kessel]]. In 2011, it became part of the municipality of [[Oss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/lith |title=Lith |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Lith, molen de Zeldenrust RM25913 foto5 2016-06-19 17.51.jpg|Windmill molen de Zeldenrust
File:Marktplein 17 Lith.jpg|House in Lith
File:Barge on the Maas at Lith, Netherlands, Jan. 2007 (369587533).jpg|Barge on the Maas
File:Marktplein 20 Lith.jpg|Former town hall
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Dutch municipality Oss}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Oss]]