Dongen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Dongen (disambiguation) .

Dongen municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Marina Starmans-Gelijns ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Dongen
Area  - land  - water	29.74  km 2 29.24 km 2 0.5 km 2
CBS code	0766
Residents	26,076 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	877 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 38 ′  N , 4 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′  N , 4 ° 57 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0162
Postcodes	5101-5107, 5109
Website	Homepage of Dongen

Dongen, church: de Sint-Laurentiuskerk

Dongen ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The total area of ​​the municipality is 29.74 km². On January 31, 2019, it had a population of 26,076.

places

• Dongen, seat of the municipal administration
• 's Gravenmoer

Location and economy

Dongen lies in a boggy landscape, on the Donge River , a tributary of the Meuse , and on the Wilhelminakanal . In the south Dongen is bounded by Rijen , and in the east by Waalwijk and Tilburg . The village of 's Gravenmoer is a little further north than Dongen. Dongen belongs to the "Langstraat" region. Several motorways , the A27 Utrecht - Breda , the A58 and the A59 , run through the municipality of Dongen.

Tanneries and other leather processing companies have been active here since the 17th century . In addition there is, especially in the small Gravenmoer, agriculture, and a lot of trade and small businesses. The municipality also has two hotels and some campsites. In Dongen there is also a very old "kweekschool" founded by Franciscan women. This is a school where young people are trained to be primary school teachers. The modern name in the Netherlands for such a school is PABO (Pedagogische Academie Basisonderwijs).

One of a total of 22 Ardagh Glass Group locations for the manufacture of container glass in Europe.

history

The name Dongen stands for: Donk an dem Bach Aa. 's Gravenmoer means: Moor of the Count (of Holland ).

Dongen was built before the 13th century on two sand ridges, "donken" (cf. Winnekendonk in North Rhine-Westphalia ), where the first churches were built. As in Tilburg and many other places in Brabant , there is still the relatively high, triangular village square called "Heuvel" (= hill). Three old trade routes from Breda, Oosterhout and Herzogenbusch came together here. Later, a 5 km long village street between these "Donken" where the farms emerged was the people running the fen made arable. In 1281 Wilhelm van Hoorne and Altena, Lord of Loon op Zand , founded the Glory Dongen. This came into the hands of the powerful Mr. Willem van Duvenvoorde in the 14th century. He had a castle built in Dongen (which was destroyed by fire in 1656 and then completely demolished). Up until the 17th century agriculture was the main source of income for the population. Then came the manufacture of boots made of leather in the tanning industry and in the 18th century. After 1860, this was increasingly done in factories. Dongen expanded strongly after 1960 through the settlement of commuters from the surrounding cities.

's Gravenmoer was not in North Brabant until 1672, but in Zuid-Holland . The trade in and the extraction of peat was very important here. After around 1650, the hay trade took its place. Because of belonging to Holland, the population also became Protestant, while Dongen itself, as usual in the rest of Brabant, remained predominantly Catholic. Between 's Gravenmoer and Dongen ran the border between these areas, which for centuries also formed a sharp cultural border. It was not until 1973 that the villages were merged into one municipality.

Attractions

• Both villages have a 15th century Reformed church.
• The Catholic Laurentius Church, built in 1920 , is located in Dongen . This was designed by members of the famous Cuypers family of architects.
• The local history museum "De Looierij" (tannery; local history; electrical equipment 1850–1950) is located in Dongen
• Some small nature areas around the villages
• Some "long gable" farms and houses from the 18th and 19th centuries
• The large leisure park Efteling is only a few kilometers east of Dongen.

politics

In the last local election in 2018, the Dongen People's Party was able to win the election again, but with great losses. From now on, they form the coalition of the 2018–2022 legislative period with the PvdA and the VVD .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 50.52%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.2

15.3

15.2

15.1

13.6

7.9

3.8

VPD ^a

PvdA

CDA

VVD

D66

OVD ^f

Otherwise. ^G

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-8.6

± 0.0

-8.0

-0.6

+13.6

+7.9

-4.2

VPD ^a

PvdA

CDA

VVD

D66

OVD ^f

Otherwise. ^G

Remarks:

^a Dongen People's Party

^f De Ouderenpartij voor Dongen

^g Lijst Huijben 3.8% (+ 3.8%), Democratisch Podium 0.0% (-8.0%)

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986	1990	1994	1996 a	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
Dongen People's Party	5	4th	5	6th	6th	7th	7th	5	4th	9	7th
PvdA	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	4th	2	3	3
CDA	5	6th	7th	5	4th	4th	5	4th	4th	5	3
VVD	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	4th	3	3
D66	1	0	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
De Ouderenpartij voor Dongen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lijst Huijben	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Democratic podium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-
SP	0	2	3	5	5	3	4th	4th	4th	-	-
RPF	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Community affairs	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Partij Welzijn Ouderen	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Left chord	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st

Remarks

^aDue to the incorporation of 's Gravenmoer into Dongen on January 1, 1997, the municipal council election took place in 1996.

^bIn 1982 the Dongen People's Party ran as Lijst du Fossé .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The coalition parties Volkspartij Dongen , PvdA and VVD are each represented by an alderman in the College van burgemeester en wethouders . The following people belong to the college:

function	Surname	Political party	annotation
Mayoress	Marina Starmans-Gelijns	VVD	in office since February 2, 2015
Alderman	René Jansen	Dongen People's Party	-
	Bea van Beers	PvdA	-
	Rolf Vullings	VVD	-
Community Secretary	Henk van Noort	-	in office since November 2005

Sons and daughters

• Tiago Gerardo Cloin (1908–1975), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Barra in Brazil
• Ward van der Harst (* 1988), member of the Dutch DJ duo W&W
• Job van Uitert (* 1998), Dutch racing driver

Web links

Commons : Dongen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the De Looierij Museum (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ^ René van Peer: Oude coalitie is ook de nieuwe in Dongen. In: BN DeStem . Wegener, May 8, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 30, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ^ College van Burgemeester en Wethouders . In: dongen.nl . Gemeente Dongen, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch)