This is how people are still reminded of Kaatsheuvel's rich shoe industry Monument Meester Schoenmaker prover route

By now you know that the shoe industry was very important to Kaatsheuvel for a long time. Around 1860 more and more machines arrived, but due to lack of money and fear of the unknown, people in Kaatsheuvel refused to use them for a long time. When they finally did, leather tanning and shoe making went much faster. That in itself was very nice, of course, but the other side of the coin - the other side of the story - is that many people lost their jobs as a result. Many small factories closed and others were able to grow bigger and specialize.

The statue of the shoemaker was placed here as a monument in 1987. Thus one is still reminded of the rich shoe industry of Kaatsheuvel.