Bernheze

Bernheze is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, in part positioned in the Meierij of 's Hertogenbosch and in part within the Peelrand. Created in 1994 after merging the municipalities of Heesch, Nistelrode and Heeswijk Dinther inside the context of municipal reorganization. The municipality changed into initially given the name of the largest center, Heesch. In 1995 the municipality become renamed Bernheze. The municipality has 30,802 inhabitants.

The municipality is known as after a farm referred to as Bernhese, which became donated to the Abbey of Berne in 1196. In the Middle Ages this Abbey turned into nonetheless inside the Buurtschap Bern. The municipality is therefore circuitously named after this community. The which means of 'Bernhese' is twofold: Bern stands for 'born', this means that source or water. Hese stands for woodland. Bernheze consequently actually approach 'water and woodland'. A new abbey of this call turned into based in 1857, now in Heeswijk. The municipality of Bernheze has an area of ​​90.38 km² and belongs to the agricultural location of ​​the Uden Veghel nearby plan location, except for Heesch, which belongs to the Waalboss regional plan area. Bernheze is placed within the Maasland location, one of the 4 historical quarters of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch. Adjacent is the character reserve De Maashorst.