| Oele | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name: | Eul |
| Native Name Lang: | nds-nl |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Overijssel |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hengelo |
| Coordinates: | 52.2436°N 6.7522°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 21 |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.24 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 265 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 7554 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 074 |
Oele (in old Dutch also: Eule, Dutch Low Saxon: Eul) is a village in the municipality Hengelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located south-west of Hengelo, south of the Twentekanaal. The highway A35 and the Provincial road 739|N739 (the road from Hengelo to Beckum and Haaksbergen) are close to the population centre. Until the establishment of the municipality of Hengelo, Oele was part of the richterambt Delden.
Since the 14th century, Oele has a water mill. The current water mill, De Oldemeule, dates back to 1690. The water mill was owned by Joost Christoffer van Beverforde tot Oldemeule, drost of Twente and owner of the havezate (a type of fortified house) Oldemeule, which was demolished in 1800. The estate that belonged to the havezate was handed over to Twickel in 1840; the mill was added to this property in 1880. In the past there was also an oil mill, but it was demolished in 1900. During the Second World War the remaining mill was still in use to process grain, but after the war its use declined. Now the mill is owned by the municipality of Hengelo, which reinstated the mill in 1979. It is open to the public on Sundays during the summer months. During the last couple of years, new millers have been trained to operate the mill.
Piet Mondriaan stayed in Oele a number of times, in 1907-1908, with his friend and painter Albert G. Hulshoff Pol (1883-1957). During this period he made some of his famous early works, "De rode wolk" (The Red Cloud, 1907),[3] and "Het bos bij Oele" (Woods near Oele, 1908).[4]