Winter in the Langstraat

Take the route Proverbs Route - Catharine Church

From poverty to riches
Poor as a church mouse means very poor. Heusden was poverty-stricken for a time. The inhabitants had almost nothing ... except an important location! Even William of Orange knew that. He placed a group of soldiers in Heusden to protect the city. Those soldiers had to eat, sleep somewhere and their clothes had to be washed. For this, the inhabitants of the town were given money. At one point, Heusden had twice as many soldiers as inhabitants. So as a result, Heusden became (treasure) rich!

Contact

Burchtstraat 2, Heusden

Plan your route

  • Proverbs route - Catharine Church

Proverbial route - Humming Lock

Black pages
When you tell about a period in which very bad things happened, you can say it's a black page in history. The past is then seen as a book and each page represents a period. The black pages are symbolic of the disastrous periods

  • City fire
    In 1572 there was a huge fire that destroyed 1/3 of Heusden, including the church.
  • Iconoclasm
    At the beginning of the Eighty Years' War, the statues on and in the church were destroyed.
  • World War II
    In November 1944, the tower, nave and organ were destroyed by the Germans.

Continue route
Walk through the gate and turn left into Putter Street so that you walk past the church to the Governor's House. The gate of the Governor's House is almost always open so you can enter the garden.