Sint-Oedenrode

Sint-Oedenrode

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
local community	Meierijstad
Area  - land  - water	64.94  km 2 64.41 km 2 0.53 km 2
Residents	15,080 (June 30, 2017)
Coordinates	51 ° 34 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0413
Postcodes	5294, 5298, 5465-5466, 5481-5482, 5491
The town hall of Sint Oedenrode

Sint-Oedenrode ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant , about 12 km north of Eindhoven . On January 1, 2017, Sint-Oedenrode was incorporated into the municipality of Meierijstad . The former municipality of Sint-Oedenrode comprised the town of Sint-Oedenrode and the villages of Boskant, Nijnsel and Olland.

history

The former Santa Paul - Hospital (Sint Paul Gasthuis), 1546 built

The former mill

Sint-Oedenrode was raised to town in 1232 by Duke Heinrich I of Brabant . Since the city was shielded on one side by the river Dommel and on the other by a moor, the place had no city wall in contrast to other cities.

economy

There are many small industrial and trading companies in the village. Agriculture remains the main employer, however.

Town twinning

The town has been a twin town of Alzenau (Lower Franconia) since the 1960s .

Personalities

• Bram van Dam (1943–2008), Dutch sports and nutrition scientist

Web links

Commons : Sint-Oedenrode  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the public television company TV-Meierij of the municipality of Sint-Oedenrode

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personen met een uitkering; soort uitkering, wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on March 30, 2018 (Dutch)