Hoogerheide

Hoogerheide
Hoogerheide
Village
	Center of the village
	Hoogerheide Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Hoogerheide Hoogerheide (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 51°38′6″N 4°22′9″E / 51.63500°N 4.36917°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Woensdrecht
Area
• Total	16.33 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	6,190
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4631
Dialing code	0164

Hoogerheide is a village in the municipality of Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands. The name "Hoogerheide" means "High Heath" in English. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel cyclo-cross race is held annually in Hoogerheide.

The village was first mentioned in 1319 as "die hoeghe heide". Hooger (higher) has been added to distinguish from Nederheide [nl].^[3] Hoogerheide developed after the Reformation around a clandestine church.^[4]

The Assumption of Mary Church was built in 1882 in Gothic Revival style. It was expanded in 1910. Mattenburgh is an estate to the north of the village. It is located on both sides of the Bergen op Zoom to Woensdrecht road.^[4]

Hoogerheide was home to 235 people in 1840.^[5] During the 20th century, Woensdrecht and Hoogerheide merged into a single urban area.^[4]

Gallery

Estate Mattemburgh
Landscape near Hoogerheide
Assumption of Mary Church

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 4631AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Hoogerheide - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Woensdrecht-Hoogerheide (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Hoogerheide". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2022.