Terheijden is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

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, about 6 km north of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1332 as van der Heyden, and means "(cultivated) heath land". Terheijden started to develop as the road to Breda deteriorated due to flooding. Around 1400, the hamlets of Hartel and Schimmae were given permission to found a church on the heath. The tower of the St. Antonius Abt church dates from the 15th century. The choir and

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were built around 1500. The church was renovated by

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between 1876 and 1878. The church was damaged by fire in 1922, and war in 1944. In 1949, the damage was repaired. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1809 and is a little white church. The Kleine Schans is a sconce built in 1830 as a result of the

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. An earlier sconce was built at the site in 1639 by Spanish troops during the

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, but was demolished in 1680. Terheijden was home to 886 people in 1840. Terheijden was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of

Transport

*Terheijden is connected to the provincial road N285 and the motorway A59 which runs form

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and continues to

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as N59. *From the Marina, a little ferry transfers cyclists en pedestrians across the Mark to the meadows of

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Gallery

File:Terheijden, molen de Arend RM34992 foto3 2015-08-01 09.44.jpg, Terheijden, windmill: molen de Arend File:P1010253copyHoofdstaat Terheijden.jpg, Main street File:P1010234copySt. Antonius Abt, Terheijden.jpg, St. Antonius Abt Church File:Restaurant Ripasso P1170155.jpg, Restaurant in Terheijden

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Drimmelen