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| name                    = Heeswijk
| settlement_type         = Village
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| image_skyline           = Heeswijk, kasteel Heeswijk hoofdgebouw RM513894 positie2 foto1 2014-05-19 16.59.jpg
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| image_caption           = [[Heeswijk Castle]]
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| image_shield            = Heeswijk wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map             = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Bernheze]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5473AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 15 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 8
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| area_total_km2          = 2.91
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 April 2022|quote=together with Dinther}}</ref>
| population_total        = 6,580
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 5473<ref name="stat"/>
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| area_code               = 0413
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| blank1_info_sec1        = [[Rijksweg 50|A50]], N279
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'''Heeswijk''' is a Dutch village. It is located in the province of [[North Brabant]], in the south of the Netherlands.
== History ==
The village was first mentioned in the 12th century as "Albertus de Essuic", and means "settlement in the shrubbery".<ref name="ni">{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/heeswijk |title=Heeswijk - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Heeswijk is a stretched out settlement in the valley of brook and dates from the Early Middle Ages.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0079.php |title=Heeswijk=Dinther |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9945-6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
The [[Premonstratensian]] abbey was established in the late-12th century as an outpost of the [[Berne Abbey]]. In 1546, "Het Slotje" was built for the monks as an L-shaped building with a square tower in the corner. After the Berne Abbey was dissolved in 1648, some monks moved to the {{ill|Land van Ravenstein|nl}}, an enclave of [[Palatinate-Neuburg]] within the Dutch Republic, and founded a new abbey in Heeswijk. Between 1857 and 1868, a [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassic]] monastery was built and a wing was added between the old and new buildings.<ref name="monument"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190c.htm|title=Heeswijk|encyclopedia=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]] |access-date=2007-02-18}}</ref>
The Catholic St Willibrordus Church was built between 1895 and 1896. The tower was damaged during [[World War II]] and replaced after the war.<ref name="monument"/> [[Heeswijk Castle]] was originally built in the 12th century. In 1835, it was nearly doubled in size by Baron van den Bogaerde.<ref name="monument"/>
Heeswijk was home to 225 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/heeswijk-dinther |title=Heeswijk-Dinther |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Heeswijk was a separate municipality until 1969, when it merged with the adjacent village of [[Dinther]]. Since 1 January 1994 it has been part of the larger municipality of [[Bernheze]], which comprises [[Heesch (Netherlands)|Heesch]], [[Heeswijk-Dinther]], [[Loosbroek]], [[Nistelrode]] and [[Vorstenbosch]].,<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |access-date=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archive-date=2007-02-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.bernheze.org| title= Gemeente Bernheze | publisher = Gemeente Bernheze|language=Dutch|access-date= March 5, 2011}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Heeswijk, kerk foto6 2010-04-10 15.21.JPG|Heeswijk, church
File:T.T Woonhuis Den Dolvert Heeswijk-Dinther.JPG|House in Heeswijk
File:Heeswijk (Bernheze) Rijksmonument 21278 Boerderij Hoofdstraat 101.JPG|Farm in Heeswijk
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Dutch municipality Bernheze}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Bernheze]]