Oosterhout
Oosterhout ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, North Brabant, with 53 697 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Their total area is about 73 km ².
Places
The municipality includes the city of Oosterhout and the villages Den Hout, Dorst and Oosteind.
Location and economic
Oosterhout is located about 8 km north of the city center of Breda ( regular bus service ) on the highway Breda - Utrecht. The Wilhelminakanal connects it to Tilburg and the Amer (located at Geertruidenberg united with the " Bergse Maas " and flows in a westerly direction in the Hollands Diep ). In Oosterhout there are quite a lot of industry, including the candy factory Jamin, a central warehouse of EGLO Lights, a production facility for the processing of fruit Doehler GmbH and many small businesses.
History
Oosterhout was first documented in 1213. The Lord of Strijen, which was very important to the area, let build a castle here in 1288. Willem van Duvenvoorde (* 1290, † 1353 in Brussels ), bought this castle 1324. He was very rich and acquired dominion over the whole area around Breda and Bergen op Zoom ( the glory Oosterhout ).
On the night of the 18th to November 19th, 1421 there was a flood, St. Elisabeth flood, by which the lands were transformed north of Oosterhout in barren swamp.
Between 1300 and 1800 several noble families were here mansions, called Slotjes to German: build castle. In 1625, as Breda was besieged by Frederick Henry, Oosterhout suffered severe war damage.
Despite the Protestant rule of several monasteries in Oosterhout could argue, for example, the Benedictine, Benedictine and Norbertan. The latter have settled down in 1647 in a former palace. Your Abbey, ' Sint- Catharinadal " ( Santa Catharina in the valley) is still active today, including the restoration of old books.
By 1860, the industrialization of previously agrarian community, as a cigar factory here a company founded began.
Attractions
In Oosterhout are some mansions from the 18th and 19th centuries, the so-called " Slotjes " castle. The Basilica of St. John, which was built in 1475 by members of St. John in 2000 and recently restored, and the houses on the square " Heuvel " ( German: hill ) are remarkable. Also, the monastery of St. - Catharinadal is worth seeing (see web site).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Antoine flexors ( b. 1955 ), Dutch broker, composer, culture manager and music publisher
- Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), Dutch Arabist and Islamic Lore
- Marinus De Jong (1891-1984), composer and pianist