Cartierheide is a natural landscape area in the south of the

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 province

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 ...

located close to the Belgian border in the natural region called The

Campine The Campine () or Kempen () is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-eastern Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands. It encompasses a large n ...

(local name in Dutch: De Kempen). On the other side of the border is Belgium's first national park, Hoge Kempen.

History

The name is derived from Baron Emile de Cartier Marchiennes who purchased it in 1863, the moor near this location

Duizel Duizel is a village in the municipality of Eersel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territo ...

s Hof and used the heath as hunting grounds. Heide is a Dutch word for

heath A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a coole ...

or heathland which is a shrubland habitat found mainly on low quality acidic soils, and is characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation. The property was given to the Dutch Society for preservation of nature monuments

Natuurmonumenten Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland (), also known as Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, is a Dutch nature conservation organization founded in 1905 by Jacobus Pieter Thijsse and Eli Heimans, that buys, protects, and manages nature ...

in 1932 by the son of Baron de Cartier who was also named

Emile de Cartier de Marchienne Baron Émile-Ernest de Cartier de Marchienne (30 November 1871 – 10 May 1946) was a Belgian diplomat who was ambassador to a number of countries, most principally the United States and the United Kingdom. Early life De Cartier de Marchienne wa ...

and put under management of

Staatsbosbeheer Staatsbosbeheer, founded in 1899, is a Dutch government organization for forestry and the management of nature reserves. Staatsbosbeheer currently oversees over 250,000 hectares of land in the Netherlands. Usually this land is open to the public ...

a Dutch organization to control and conserve Dutch nature reserves. There are several touristic sight seeing and walking routes from surrounding villages like

Bergeijk Bergeijk ( ; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It consists of an area of and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, th ...

, VVV

Eersel Eersel () is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. Eersel is situated in the Campine (Kempen) area. Eersel is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Beatitudes) and known for its attractive market. Thi ...

and protected and maintained by AVN Kempenland {{cite web , url=http://www.anvkempenland.nl/Gebiedsbeschrijving.htm, title=Gebiedsbeschrijving , publisher=AVN Kempenland

References

Forests of the Netherlands Nature reserves in the Netherlands Transboundary protected areas Geography of North Brabant Tourist attractions in North Brabant Bladel