Bernheze () is a

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

in the southern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province of

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 ...

. 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 municipality was named after an old farm "Bernhese", which came into the possession of the

Berne Abbey Berne Abbey, a Dutch abbey of the Premonstratensians, or Norbertines, in Heeswijk, North Brabant, is a religious community in the Netherlands. It has 27 brothers and priests (2007; down from 33 in 2005). The community publishes a bi-monthly magaz ...

. This abbey was situated in the village of

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

. The meaning of 'Bernhese' is twofold: 'Bern' is the same as the old-Dutch word 'born', that means 'water' or 'well'. 'Hese' means bush or forest. In 1857 the Berne Abbey was founded in Heeswijk.

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bernheze, June 2015.''

Notable people

* Marco Verkuylen (born 1967 in Heeswijk-Dinther) a Dutch electronic music DJ who works as

Marco V Marco Verkuylen (, born 3 April 1967 in Heeswijk-Dinther), who performs under the name Marco V and alias Vision 20/20, is a Dutch electronic music DJ. He is considered to be a pioneer of tech trance and one of the most important trance artists. ...

Loek van Wely Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch ...

(born 1972 in Heesch) a Dutch chess player and politician

Sport

Kirsten van de Ven Kirsten may refer to: * Kirsten (given name) * Kirsten (surname) * Hurricane Kirsten (disambiguation), two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean See also * Kirsteen * Kirst * Kristen * Kirsty Kirsty or Kirstie is a feminine giv ...

(born 1985 in Heesch) a former Dutch professional footballer * Raymon van der Biezen (born 1987 in Heesch) a Dutch BMX racer, competed in the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Dave van der Burg Dave van der Burg (born 10 July 1993 in Heesch) is a Dutch male BMX rider, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed in the time trial event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships. He joined the Dutch national team i ...

(born 1993 in Heesch) a Dutch male BMX rider, qualified for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Vincent Janssen Vincent Petrus Anna Sebastiaan Janssen (born 15 June 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club Antwerp. He began his professional career in the Eerste Divisie with Almere City before playing in ...

(born 1994 in Heesch) a Dutch professional footballer who plays in Mexico *

Sjef van den Berg Sjef van den Berg (born 14 April 1995) is a retired Dutch competitive archer. He has won a total of two medals (a silver in the individual recurve and a bronze for the Dutch team) at the 2015 European Games, and eventually finished fourth in ...

(born 1995 in Heeswijk-Dinther) a Dutch competitive archer, competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Gallery

File:Heeswijk, kasteel Heeswijk hoofdgebouw RM513894 positie2 foto1 2014-05-19 16.59.jpg, Heeswijk castle, main building File:Nistelrode, monumentaal pand huis 1c foto1 2012-03-19 14.41.JPG, Nistelrode, monumental house File:Raadhuis-heesch.jpg, Raadhuis, Heesch File:Dinther (Bernheze) sculptuur door F...Goossens.JPG, Dinther (Bernheze) sculptuur

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1995 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub