{{Short description|Nature reserve in the Netherlands}} {{Infobox protected area | name = '''Cartierheide''' | image = De Pals en Kroonvense Heide.jpg | image_size = 250 | image_caption = Cartierheide | location = North Brabant, Netherlands and Campine | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coord|51|20|1|N|5|15|15|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | area = | established = 1999 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = Staatsbosbeheer | url = }} '''Cartierheide''' is a natural landscape area in the south of the Netherlands in province North Brabant located close to the Belgian border in the natural region called The Campine<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6f95d222-a289-4ef0-bc04-bc06a05714b5|title=Cartierheide |publisher=Geocaching |date=2005-06-09 |accessdate=2012-09-06}}</ref> (local name in Dutch: '''De Kempen'''). On the other side of the border is Belgium's first national park, Hoge Kempen.
== History == The name is derived from Baron Emile de Cartier Marchiennes who purchased it in 1863, the moor near this location Duizels Hof and used the heath as hunting grounds.
Heide is a Dutch word for heath or heathland which is a shrubland habitat found mainly on low quality acidic soils, and is characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.
The property was given to the Dutch Society for preservation of nature monuments Natuurmonumenten in 1932 by the son of Baron de Cartier who was also named Emile de Cartier de Marchienne and put under management of Staatsbosbeheer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.staatsbosbeheer.nl/Natuurgebieden/Kempen.aspx|title=Natuurgebieden>Kempen |publisher=Staatsbosbeheer}}</ref> a Dutch organization to control and conserve Dutch nature reserves. There are several touristic sight seeing and walking routes from surrounding villages like Bergeijk,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globenavigation.com/bergeijk/ |title=Bergeijk travel information, history, culture & sightseeing |publisher=globenavigation.com/bergeijk/ |date=2008-11-06 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519125231/http://globenavigation.com/bergeijk/ |archivedate=2011-05-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestemmingbergeijk.nl/toerisme/recreatie/natuur/de-cartierheide/230/|title=De Cartierheide |publisher=Beleef bestemming Bergeijk |date=2012-01-06 |accessdate=2012-10-06}}</ref> VVV Eersel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vvveersel.nl/index.php?p=eersel-natuur|title=De natuur in Eersel |publisher=VVV Eersel |date=2011-06-09 |accessdate=2012-10-06}}</ref> and protected and maintained by AVN Kempenland <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anvkempenland.nl/Gebiedsbeschrijving.htm|title=Gebiedsbeschrijving |publisher=AVN Kempenland}}</ref>
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Category:Forests of the Netherlands Category:Nature reserves in the Netherlands Category:Transboundary protected areas Category:Geography of North Brabant Category:Tourist attractions in North Brabant Category:Bladel