Heusden also known as ''Asten-Heusden'' (or ''Heuze'' among locals) is a small

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North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...

in the

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. It is in the so-called

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region. It was first mentioned in 1794 as Heusden. The etymology is unclear. Heusden has a small village square with a few bars, a

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, a

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, and a youth center. The village is only a couple kilometres from Asten which is much larger and the centre of activity for most residents of Heusden. Heusden also has the romantic remains of an old castle that dates from the fifteenth century. Attached to the ruins, a seventeenth-century v-shape farmstead is still in place.

Gallery

File:526704 voorburcht kasteel asten.jpg, Outer bailey of Castle Asten File:Overzicht op de kasteelruïne met links de hardstenen trap naar het terras - Asten - 20535920 - RCE.jpg, Ruins of the castle

References

Populated places in North Brabant Asten, Netherlands {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub