Nieuwkuijk
village in Heusden, the Netherlands
Nieuwkuijk is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heusden, about 10 km west of 's-Hertogenbosch.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1383 as Niewekuyc, which means "new settlement of Cuijk". The family of Cuijk used to own land in the area.
Castle Onsenoort was built in 1382 by the heer of the heerlijkheid Nieuwkuijk. In the 19th century, it became part of the Cistercian monastery Mariënkroon. The tower probably dates from the 14th century. The monastery buildings were built in 1910. The main building and gate were added between 1934 and 1935. In 2016, the abbey closed down.
The public source identifies “Nieuwkuijk” as village in Heusden, the Netherlands. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nieuwkuijk, village and Heusden.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2376492. VIAF identifies the subject as 123251287. The Library of Congress control number is n87901435. Authority coordinates are 51.694, 5.181. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1383, 1382, 1910 and 1934.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nieuwkuijk” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.