Halderberge

Halderberge ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. The municipality was created on 1 January 1997 by the merger of the municipalities Hoeven, Oud en Nieuw Gastel and Oudenbosch.

Districts

Halderberge consists of five districts (in brackets the approximate population in early 2007 ):

• Bosschenhoofd (2100)
• Hoeven (6600 )
• Oud Gastel ( 7200)
• Oudenbosch ( 12,100 ), seat of the municipal administration
• Stampersgat (1300)

Location and economic

The municipality is located in the northwest of the province of North Brabant, in part, the so-called sugar beet area, just north of Roosendaal. Through the community run the highways

• A17 Dordrecht - Roosendaal (the exit after Oudenbosch )
• A58 Vlissingen - Bergen op Zoom - Breda - Tilburg (exit Rucphen in Bosschenhoofd ).

The railway line Roosendaal - Dordrecht crosses Oudenbosch. Every hour a train stops at the station.

The peat and clay soils allow the cultivation of sugar beets. In the town there are also horticulture and livestock and some nurseries. The industry produces, inter alia, building materials and sugar. Also, there is some tourism in Halderberge.

History

As is apparent from a document, the Lord of Breda gave in December 1275 the Cistercian monastery of Saint Bernard in Hemiksem on the Scheldt, just south of Antwerp, " Verhoeven " an area of one hundred (a " hoeve " = 20 acres; corresponded to the basic and floor of an average farm ). The gift of territory was referred to in an Act of 1298 Halderberge. Hence the name of the church today is coming. The monks donated there an abbey and made the bog cultivation.

In 1421 the area of ​​the St. Elizabeth's storm surge was haunted. The 16th and 17th century brought this area misery of war and economic setbacks. Nevertheless, this is the period, as today's Villages were built. Oudenbosch was named after a former, cleared forest. Stampersgat for a family Stampers, who owned a farm there about 1628.

In the first half of the 19th century, the cultivation of " meekrap " ( dyers madder ) was very productive. This plant was harvested for the root, which contains a red dye for textiles. Later, the growing of sugar beet entered in its place. The then minister of Oudenbosch, Hellemans, was in his home village in 1865, after a visit to the original, build a reduced copy of the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome. It was not until 1892, the new church was completed. In the 20th century there were decades in Oudenbosch a seminary.

Attractions

• In the center of Oudenbosch: The Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara from 1865 to 1892 Oudenbosch was built by the architect Pierre Cuypers. It is 81 m long, 55 m wide and 63 m high at the highest point; which is equivalent to a quarter of the dimensions of the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome)
• The Museum of the Papal Zouaves
• The Museum of Natural History and Ethnology (Indonesia, Africa)
• The botanical garden with a small arboretum

• Other: The little silk museum in Oud Gastel
• The airfield at Seppe Bosschenhoofd
• The environment of the coming of the late 19th century, also designed by Pierre Cuypers Bovendonk monastery near Hoeven ( the building used as a conference center and can not be visited )
• The People's Observatory " Quasar " in Hoeven
• The residents of the community are lovers of cycling; in this area there are regular events; even those who want to move around on the bike in a quiet pace, gets his money, because you can get free pamphlets with tips for cycling.

Parish council

The 21 seats of the Municipal Council are distributed among the various parties and groupings as follows: