Bernheze
Bernheze is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It was formed as a rename of Heesch in 1995. The municipalities of Heeswijk-Dinther and Nistelrode had merged into Heesch in 1994.
Etymology
The municipality was named after an old farm "Bernhese", which came into the possession of the Berne Abbey. This abbey was situated in the village of Bern. The meaning of 'Bernhese' is twofold: 'Bern' is the same as the old-Dutch word 'born', that means 'water' or 'well'. 'Hese' means bush or forest. In 1857 the Berne Abbey was founded in Heeswijk.Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bernheze, June 2015.''Notable people
- Marco Verkuylen a Dutch electronic music DJ who works as Marco V
- Loek van Wely a Dutch chess player and politician
Sport
- Kirsten van de Ven a former Dutch professional footballer
- Raymon van der Biezen a Dutch BMX racer, competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
- Dave van der Burg a Dutch male BMX rider, qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Vincent Janssen a Dutch professional footballer who plays in Mexico
- Sjef van den Berg a Dutch competitive archer, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics