Breda - Begijnhof

In Breda's Catharinastraat is the Begijnhof, which is still occupied by Beguines. In the 13th century the Beguines lived near the castle, but were later driven out by the extensions to the castle. When their former church, the St Wendelinskapel, was handed over to Protestant Walloons in 1648 they remained without a church until the new church at the end of the Begijnhof was built in 1836.

The two churches and the 29 little houses survived the Second World War unscathed. Attached to the Begijnhof is a herb garden with hundreds of different species of plants.