Nieuwkuijk is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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

Heusden Heusden () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the towns of Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch. The municipality of Heusden, including Herpt, Heesbeen, Hedikhuizen, Doeveren, and Oudheusden, merged wit ...

, about 10 km west of

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1383 as Niewekuyc, and means "new settlement of

Cuijk Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...

". The family of Cuijk used to own land in the area. Castle Onsenoort was built in 1382 by the ''heer'' of the ''heerlijkheid'' Nieuwkuijk. In the 19th century, it became part of the Cistercian monastery Mariënkroon. The tower probably dates from the 14th century. The building of the monastery were built in 1910. The main building and gate were added between 1934 and 1935. In 2016, the abbey closed down. It is nowadays in use as a conference centre. Castle d'Oultremont probably originates from the 15th century. In 1707, it became owned by the counts of d'Oultremont. The building burnt down in 1795, and was rebuilt in 1875. In 1989, it became part of the amusement park and was painted pink. The amusement park went bankrupt, and the castle was restored in 2019, and the pink paint was removed. Nieuwkuijk was home to 978 people in 1840. Nieuwkuijk was a separate municipality until 1935, when it became part of

Vlijmen Vlijmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heusden, about 6 km west of 's-Hertogenbosch.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Vlijmen was a separate m ...

. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Emmamolen.jpg, The File:Onsenoort.JPG, The File:Nieuwkuijk DSCF3368.JPG, House in Nieuwkuijk File:Nieuwkuijk DSCF3370.JPG, Street of Nieuwkuijk

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* {{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Heusden