Biezenmortel
Biezenmortel is a village in the municipality of Tilburg in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village had 1,465 inhabitants and 470 households in January 2020. Biezenmortel has a primary school called Franciscus and a community center called De Vorselaer. Centrally located in the village, there is a former Capuchin monastery called Beukenhof, that now serves as a group accommodation. The Sint Josephkerk, which was located inside the monastery, closed down in 2019.
Just over 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southeast of Biezenmortel lies Huize Assisië, a historic psychiatric complex founded in 1904. It consists of some 40 buildings including a chapel and houses around 200 intellectually disabled people.
Before 2021, Biezenmortel was part of the former municipality of Haaren.
References
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- ^ Van Iersel, Marlies (7 July 2019). "De klokken van de Sint Joseph kerk zwijgen voortaan in Biezenmortel" [The clocks of the Sint Josephkerk will be silent in Biezenmortel]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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- ^ "Huize Assisië". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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