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'''Huijbergen''' is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Woensdrecht, about {{convert|9|km|mi}} southeast of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Belgian border.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1264 as in Huybergen. The etymology is unclear. In 1264, {{ill|Hendrik V van Schoten|nl}}, Lord of Breda, sold the moorland around Huijbergen for cultivation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/huijbergen |title=Huijbergen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village developed in 1278 around the monastery of the Hermits of Saint William.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0195.php |title=Huijbergen |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Only the gate wing of the monastery from the early-17th century remains. In 1847, an orphanage by the Brothers of Our Lady was established at the site. The building were severely damaged in 1944, and rebuilt in the 1950s in traditional style.<ref name="monument"/>
The grist mill Johanna was built in 1862. In 1918, the miller was struck by lightning and died several month later.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} It was already a ruin in the 1940s. In 1966, it was sold to the municipality, and restored between 1967 and 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=539 |title=Johanna |website=Molen database |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Huijbergen was home to 507 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/huijbergen |title=Huijbergen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425145735/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/huijbergen |url-status=dead }}</ref> The village was severely damaged by war in 1944.<ref name="monument"/> Huijbergen was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Woensdrecht.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref> In 2012, it held the national cyclo-cross championships, which was won by Lars Bloom.
== Notable people == * Maria Hertogh, lived in Huijbergen from 2004 until her death in 2009.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:De Staartse hoeve.jpg|Farm in Huijbergen File:Overzicht windmolen - Huybergen - 20349014 - RCE.jpg|Wind mill Johanna </gallery>
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Category:Populated places in North Brabant Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant Category:Woensdrecht