Terheijden
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = Terheijden Hoofdstraat zicht op Protestantse Kerk 2023-06-13.jpg
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| image_caption = Harbour of Terheijden
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|North Brabant}}
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Drimmelen}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4844AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 16 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 2.1
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| area_total_km2 = 14.69
| area_land_km2 = 14.34
| area_water_km2 = 0.35
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| population_total = 6,230
| population_as_of = 2021
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| timezone = CET
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Terheijden is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Drimmelen, about 6 km north of Breda.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1332 as van der Heyden, and means "(cultivated) heath land". Terheijden started to develop as the road to Breda deteriorated due to flooding. Around 1400, the hamlets of Hartel and Schimmae were given permission to found a church on the heath.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/terheijden |title=Terheijden - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The tower of the St. Antonius Abt church dates from the 15th century. The choir and transept were built around 1500. The church was renovated by Pierre Cuypers between 1876 and 1878. The church was damaged by fire in 1922, and war in 1944. In 1949, the damage was repaired.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0169.php |title=Terheijden |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}} The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1809 and is a little white church.
The Kleine Schans is a sconce built in 1830 as a result of the Belgian Revolution. An earlier sconce was built at the site in 1639 by Spanish troops during the Eighty Years' War, but was demolished in 1680.
Terheijden was home to 886 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/terheijden |title=Terheijden |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}} Terheijden was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Drimmelen.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}
Transport
- Terheijden is connected to the provincial road N285 and the motorway A59 which runs form 's-Hertogenbosch and continues to Zierikzee as N59.
- From the Marina, a little ferry transfers cyclists en pedestrians across the Mark to the meadows of Haagse Beemden, Breda.
Gallery
File:Terheijden, molen de Arend RM34992 foto3 2015-08-01 09.44.jpg|Terheijden, windmill: molen de Arend
File:P1010253copyHoofdstaat Terheijden.jpg|Main street
File:P1010234copySt. Antonius Abt, Terheijden.jpg|St. Antonius Abt Church
File:Restaurant Ripasso P1170155.jpg|Restaurant in Terheijden
References
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{{Dutch municipality Drimmelen}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997
Category:Populated places in North Brabant