Mariaheide

Mariaheide
Village

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Mariaheide
Mariaheide
Coordinates: 51°38′02″N 5°34′49″E / 51.63389°N 5.58028°E / 51.63389; 5.58028
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Veghel
Population (2015)[1]
  Village 994
  Statistical area
   • Density
1,449
355/km2 (920/sq mi)
  Post town
   • Density
31,032
730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Post town (BAG) Veghel
Postcode 5464
Area code 0413
Major roads A50, N265

Mariaheide is a village in the south of the Netherlands. It is situated in the municipality of Veghel, North Brabant. As of January 2015 it has a population of 1,449.

History

Mariaheide was founded as a linear settlement along the road from Veghel to Uden. Real population growth never got off the ground though, and in 1907 Mariaheide still only consisted of several farms on cultivated former heathland. However that year, Mariaheide split off from the St. Lambert Parish in Veghel, to form a new and separate parish, the Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, and got its own church. In 1912, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God from Veghel, founded the St. Nicholas Monastery in Mariaheide.

Church and monastery 
St. Nicholas Monastery 
Our Lady of Good Counsel School 
Monumental warehouse 
Farmhouse 

References

  1. "Population per centre as of 01-01-2015". Municipality of Veghel. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.


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