Heeswijk-Dinther (population: 7,985) is a town and former municipality in the southern

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, in the 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 we ...

being named after the former municipalities

Heeswijk Heeswijk is a Dutch village. It is located in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in the 12th century as "Albertus de Essuic", and means "settlement in the shrubbery". Heeswijk ...

and

Dinther Dinther is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bernheze. Dinther was a separate municipality and town until 1969, when it merged with Heeswijk to form the new municipality of Heeswijk-Dinther. S ...

. The municipality was created in 1969, and became a part of

Bernheze Bernheze () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It was formed as a rename of Heesch in 1995. The municipalities of Heeswijk-Dinther and Nistelrode had merged into Heesch in 1994. Etymology The municipa ...

in 1994.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Likewise, the town itself consisted of the former villages of Heeswijk and Dinther, which have grown together. After the merger into Bernheze, the town has been split up into Heeswijk and Dinther again. In 2008 the town was registered with the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

as a single town. Only in 2017, the town is officially called Heeswijk-Dinther. The municipality of Dinther included the town of

Loosbroek Loosbroek is a village and parish in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality Bernheze, North Brabant. Before 1994 the territory of Loosbroek was divided between three municipalities, Nistelrode, Heesch (Netherlands), Heesch an ...

Formation

The municipalities of Heeswijk and Dinther had the same mayor from 1918 and in 1969 they were merged with part of Loosbroek to form the municipality of Heeswijk-Dinther. The villages of Heeswijk and Dinther were henceforth considered together as one residence. In 1993, Heeswijk-Dinther was again dissolved as a municipality and village and the villages of Heeswijk, Dinther and Loosbroek were incorporated into the municipality of Bernheze, along with the villages of Heesch, Nistelrode and Vorstenbosch. As a whole, the place is still referred to as Heeswijk-Dinther. Since 2017, this has been re-formalised.

Sights

Heeswijk Castle Heeswijk Castle ( nl, Kasteel Heeswijk) is a moated castle near Heeswijk in the Dutch province of North Brabant. Location Heeswijk Castle was built on a meander of the small River Aa. The 20th century canalized Aa now flows at some distance ...

is a 12th-century

water castle A water castle is a castle whose site is largely defended by water. It can be entirely surrounded by water-filled moats (moated castle) or natural waterbodies such as island castles in a river or offshore. The term comes from European castle st ...

that was completely restored in 2005. * The Abbey of Berne, located in Heeswijk since 1629, has been a center of culture and contemplation since before the Early Modern Era. * Open air theatre the Kersouwe (founded in 1946) organizes more than thirty performances each year during the summer months. * Castle

Huize Zwanenburg Huize County (, old name: ''Dongchuan 東川'') is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Qujing City, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Demography The city has grown considerably over the past 20 years. It has 871,200 inhabit ...

, is a medieval fortified building from the 14th century that is currently occupied.

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994 Former municipalities of North Brabant Bernheze {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub