Diessen is a village in the
Dutch
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province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Hilvarenbeek
Hilvarenbeek () is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.
The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, a ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 380 as Deusone, and relates to the
Dieze
The Dieze is a short river in North Brabant, the Netherlands, tributary of the Meuse (). It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Aa and Dommel in 's-Hertogenbosch. The part of the Dieze in the centre of 's-Hertogenbosch is called Binnendiez ...
River. The etymology is unclear. Diessen developed in the Early Middle Ages around the Reusel stream.
The St Willibrordus church with a choir from the early-15th century and a nave from around 1450. The tower was probably built in 1527. The church was restored between 1970 and 1773, and some of the 19th century modifications have been undone.
Diessen was home to 1,003 people in 1840.
Diessen was a separate municipality until 1997, when it was merged with Hilvarenbeek.
Diessen is hypothesized to be the birthplace ''Deusone'' of the Gallic Emperor
Postumus
Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman commander of Batavian origin, who ruled as Emperor of the splinter state of the Roman Empire known to modern historians as the Gallic Empire. The Roman army in Gaul threw off its allegiance to Ga ...
.
Regionaal Archief Tilburg - II. Romeinen in Deusone
Gallery
File:Heuvelstraat 1, aanzicht - Diessen - 20057387 - RCE.jpg, Villa in Diessen
File:Julianastraat 29, Diessen.jpg, House in Diessen
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997
Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Hilvarenbeek
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