Mariaheide

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
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Veghel
Population (2015)
• 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	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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.