's-Hertogenbosch

's- Hertogenbosch [ ˌ sɛrto ː ɣə (s) bɔs ] ( listen / i?) ( in common parlance Den Bosch [ dɛmbɔs ]; German -Hertogenbosch, French Bois- le- Duc) is the capital of the Dutch province of North Brabant. The municipality of 's- Hertogenbosch includes the city of ' s- Hertogenbosch and the villages and towns Bokhoven, Empel, Engelen, Hintham, Kruisstraat, Meerwijk, Orthen, Rosmalen and Mali Kamp. According to CBS on 1 January 2013 142 756 inhabitants living in the community.

Location and economic

's- Hertogenbosch is located in the southern Netherlands, some 80 km south-east of Amsterdam. The total area is 91.26 km ². 's- Hertogenbosch is about 6 to 7 m above sea level in a swampy area on the Dieze, a tributary of the Meuse and the canal Zuid- Willemsvaart. The town is a railroad junction of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen with quick rail links to, inter alia, Utrecht -Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Tilburg -Breda and Nijmegen.

The economic structure of 's- Hertogenbosch has many medium and small industrial and commercial enterprises of all kinds; However, the service sector is dominant. The city is also the seat of a court, the provincial administration, various hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals, as well as many nationally important schools. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's- Hertogenbosch.

History

The district Empel is located on a point at which the Batavian already a settlement and a temple to their god Donar, in the Latin form of the name after the consecration inscription Hercules Magusanus had.

The city has been awarded in 1185 by Duke Henry I of Brabant their municipal law. It is located on a small sand ridge, surrounded by swampy terrain. That's why it was strategically important in the Middle Ages. The fort was considered practically impregnable Hertogenbosch. The merchants of the city imported wine from Cologne, sandstone from Liege and fish from the Baltic countries. Between 1450 and 1525 the city had a time of economic prosperity, which was completed in the 16th century with the Eighty Years' War. The city was conquered by the Dutch in 1629 by Frederick Henry of Orange. Subsequently, the citadel was built. In 1815 the city became the provincial capital.

In May 1940, the city was - as the whole of the Netherlands - by troops of the Wehrmacht occupied ( " West campaign "). On October 29, 1944, she was liberated by Allied troops.

Culture and sights

  • St. John's Cathedral, originally Romanesque, rebuilt 1280-1312 as well as in the 15th and 16th centuries. This cathedral, which is also a place of pilgrimage, is one of the most culturally important church building in the Netherlands.
  • Noord Brabants Museum ( Museum of the province of North Brabant) - altarpieces, history of the province, copies of pictures of Hieronymus Bosch, some works of Vincent van Gogh, changing exhibitions of ancient and modern art. This museum is of national importance.
  • De Moriaan, the oldest house of the city from the 13th century
  • Het Kruithuis, museum of modern ceramics and decorative rate
  • Town Hall, originally Gothic, rebuilt in the 17th century
  • Ramparts
  • The partly underground watercourse inland Dieze ( tours available)
  • City Theatre De Parade
  • In 's- Hertogenbosch, the Jupiler League club FC Den Bosch is located. The matches will be played at De Vliert Stadium.
  • Carnival is celebrated in style since the 19th century, the city is then called " Oeteldonk "
  • Oeteldonksgemintemuzejum, the only museum in the Netherlands on (inter) national carnival
  • Autotron, a car museum in Rosmalen
  • In 2007, a new museum of modern art, was then at the Noord Brabants Museum, opened.

Personalities

  • Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), painter
  • Georgius Macropedius (1487-1558), schoolmaster, dramatist, humanist
  • Igram van Achelen (c. 1528-1604 ), Frisian politician
  • Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675), painter and draftsman
  • Willem Jacob ' s Gravensande (1688-1742), astronomer, philosopher, physicist, mathematician
  • Willem Donker Curtius Boudewijn van Tienhoven (1778-1858), lawyer and Minister of State
  • Jacob Moleschott (1822-1893), physician and materialist
  • Jan de Quay (1901-1985), Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1959 to 1963
  • Bert Röling (1906-1985), legal scholar
  • January Hommen (* 1943), Manager
  • Jos van Veldhoven ( b. 1952 ), conductor
  • Leon de Winter (born 1954 ), novelist
  • Richard Groenendaal (born 1971 ), cyclist
  • Chantal ( born 1981 ), pop singer
  • Arie Luyendyk Jr. ( born 1981 ), race car driver
  • Andy Souwer (* 1982 ), K1 Kickboxer more time World Champion
  • Marianne Vos ( * 1987), cyclist
  • Patrick van Aanholt (* 1990), football player
  • Rigard van Klooster (* 1989), racing cyclist
  • Albert West ( b. 1949 ), musician

Twinning

  • Germany Trier, Germany, since June 7, 1968
  • Belgium Leuven, Belgium, since 1984
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