Biezenmortel

Biezenmortel

Biezenmortel

Dutch village in North Brabant

Biezenmortel is a village in the municipality Tilburg in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village had 1,465 inhabitants and 470 households in January 2020.[1] Biezenmortel has a primary school called Franciscus and a community center called De Vorselaer.[3] Centrally located in the village, there is a former Capuchin monastery called Beukenhof, that now serves as a group accommodation.[4] The Sint Josephkerk, which was located inside the monastery, closed down in 2019.[5]

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Just over 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southeast of Biezenmortel lies Huize Assisië, a historic psychiatric complex founded in 1904. It consists of some 40 buildings including a chapel and houses around 200 intellectually disabled people.[6][7]

Before 2021, Biezenmortel was part of the former municipality Haaren.[3]

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    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighborhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    "AHN Viewer". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    Van Hest, Erik (12 January 2020). "Tilburg neemt alvast de regie in Biezenmortel voor 'warm welkom'" [Tilburg is already taking control in Biezenmortel to provide a 'warm welcome']. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    "Beukenhof". VVV (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    Van Iersel, Marlies (7 July 2019). "De klokken van de Sint Joseph kerk zwijgen voortaan in Biezenmortel" [The clocks of the Sint Josephkerk will be silent in Biezenmortel]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    "Home". Landpark Assisië (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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    "Huize Assisië". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2020.


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