Heeswijk is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

. It is located in the province of North Brabant

North Brabant

North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...

, in the south of the Netherlands.

Heeswijk was a separate municipality until 1969, when it merged with the adjacent village of Dinther

Dinther

Dinther is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bernheze. Dinther was a separate municipality until 1969, when it merged with Heeswijk to form the new municipality of Heeswijk-Dinther.-Etymology:...

. Since 1 January 1994 it has been part of the larger municipality of Bernheze

Bernheze

Bernheze is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. It was formed in 1994 from the former municipalities of Heesch, Heeswijk-Dinther and Nistelrode. -Name:...

, which comprises Heesch

Heesch

Heesch can refer to:* Heesch a town in the Netherlands in Bernheze mun.;* Heinrich Heesch, a mathematician;* Heesch's problem in mathematics....

, Heeswijk-Dinther

Heeswijk-Dinther

Heeswijk-Dinther is a former old town and municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant being named after the former municipalities Heeswijk and Dinther. The municipality was created in 1969, and became a part of Bernheze in 1994. Likewise, the town itself consisted of...

, Loosbroek

Loosbroek

Loosbroek is a village and parish in the province of Noord-Brabant in The Netherlands. Loosbroek is part of the municipality Bernheze. Loosbroek has about 1266 inhabitants....

, Nistelrode

Nistelrode

Nistelrode is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bernheze, about 8 km south of Oss.Nistelrode was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of the municipality of Heesch....

 and Vorstenbosch

Vorstenbosch

Vorstenbosch is one of the population centres of the municipality Bernheze. Bernheze is located in the province of Noord-Brabant, one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands....

. ,

Heeswijk hosts a Norbertine abbey, Berne Abbey

Berne Abbey

Berne Abbey, a Dutch abbey of the Premonstratensians, or Norbertines, in Heeswijk, North Brabant, is the oldest extant religious community in the Netherlands. It has 27 brothers and priests ....