Vorstenbosch is a village of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

. Bernheze is located 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 ...

, one of the 12 provinces of the

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1485 as Vorsschenbosch. The etymologie of the first word is unclear. It can either mean "front (nearest) forest" or "forest with frogs". Vorstenbosch was home to 355 people in 1840. The St Lambartus Church dates from 1932. Before 1994 it formed with

Nistelrode Nistelrode is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bernheze, about 8 km south of Oss. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Nisterle. The etymology is unclear, be ...

the municipality Nistelrode.

Sights

Interesting things to see: * Parish church St. Lambertus * Corn mill "Windlust", completely restored in 2008 * Old lime tree * Blow dunes in the vicinity (Bedaf)

Gallery

File:Windlust.jpg , Wind mill Windlust File:Vorstenbosch (N-Br, NL), Leigraaf.JPG, Landscape near Vorstenbosch

References

External links

Vorstenbosch local information (in Dutch)
Populated places in North Brabant Bernheze {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub