Our Monastery Trail Stage 15 Vught – Den Bosch

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vught and 's-Hertogenbosch. In this route you walk from monastery hotel ZIN in Vught to city monastery San Damiano in 's-Hertogenbosch.

(3 hour 10 minutes) 16.0 km

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This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vught and 's-Hertogenbosch. In this route you walk from monastery hotel ZIN in Vught to city monastery San Damiano in 's-Hertogenbosch. On the way you will pass various locations such as estate Zegenwerp and De Oude Toren (the old tower). You can also explore former friar’s house De Ruwenberg and Oud Herlaer farm. This route is part of Our Monastery Trail, a trail in 15 stages. For a list of all stages, please visit this page.

Finding the way with numbered junctions
This walking route has been set out using the numbered junction network in Brabant. Simply follow the route via the signposted junctions, from one number to the next. There are also signposts between the junctions to help you find your way. The route can be walked in either direction.

Staying overnight
A number of monasteries …

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vught and 's-Hertogenbosch. In this route you walk from monastery hotel ZIN in Vught to city monastery San Damiano in 's-Hertogenbosch. On the way you will pass various locations such as estate Zegenwerp and De Oude Toren (the old tower). You can also explore former friar’s house De Ruwenberg and Oud Herlaer farm. This route is part of Our Monastery Trail, a trail in 15 stages. For a list of all stages, please visit this page.

Finding the way with numbered junctions
This walking route has been set out using the numbered junction network in Brabant. Simply follow the route via the signposted junctions, from one number to the next. There are also signposts between the junctions to help you find your way. The route can be walked in either direction.

Staying overnight
A number of monasteries along Our Monastery Trail have the option of staying the night. Always check in advance what is possible, some monasteries are only open on certain days. For all locations and up-to-date information, please visit brabantskloosterleven.nl (Dutch language). 

There are many hospitable hotels, B&Bs, campsites and other locations where you can stay the night in the trail’s surroundings. You can find an accommodation from this list of places to stay in Brabant. First choose the type of accommodation and then enter the name of the town or village where you want to stay. You will then see a selection of addresses in the area.

Sights on this route

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Boxtelseweg 58
5261 NE Vught
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Kloosterhotel Zin
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56
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58

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Zegenwerp 5
5261 NE Sint-Michielsgestel
Landgoed Zegenwerp
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25

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Petrus Dondersplein 18
5271 AA Sint-Michielsgestel
De Oude Toren
27
28

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Theerestraat 42
5271 GD Sint-Michielsgestel
Rooms katholiek instituut voor doven en slechthorenden
54
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6
5

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Halder 6
5271 VH Sint-Michielsgestel
Kasteel Nieuw Herlaer

Haanwijk Estate is near the spot where the River Essche Stroom flows into the Dommel.

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Haanwijk 1
5271 VG Sint-Michielsgestel
Haanwijk Estate
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Starting point:

Van der Does de Willeboissingel 12
5211 CB ‘s-Hertogenbosch
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Stadsklooster San Damiano

Story of the route

Starting point:

Boxtelseweg 58
5261 NE Vught
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Kloosterhotel Zin
  • Monastery hotel ZIN
    In 1902 the friars of Tilburg bought Steenwijk House at Boxtelseweg 58-60 in Vught to establish a retirement home for elderly and sickly brothers. The house dates from 1840. It would become the basis for three monasteries: the brotherhouse H. Joachim, Huize Emanuelle and the Eleousa community.
    This congregation is known especially for the great role it played in education. The brothers founded schools, worked as teachers and developed teaching methods. They did not only teach in Brabant, but also overseas, for example in Suriname. In the 1960s the brothers were joined by another order from Tilburg: the Sisters of Charity.
  • City Monastery San Damiano
    City Monastery San Damiano is a unique collaboration of various orders within the Franciscan family. Franciscans, Capuchins, Poor Clares and members of the Third Order live together in the monastery. They each live by their own rule, yet under one roof. The Franciscan Movement, an association that propagates the ideas of Francis and Clare of Assisi in an accessible way in society, is housed in the same building. This makes City Monastery San Damiano a unique Franciscan centre.

Starting point:

Van der Does de Willeboissingel 12
5211 CB ‘s-Hertogenbosch
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Stadsklooster San Damiano
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