Bergen op Zoom

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Bergen op Zoom municipality
Flag of the municipality of Bergen op Zoom
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Bergen op Zoom
coat of arms
province North Brabant North Brabant
mayor Frank Petter ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality Bergen op Zoom
Area
 - land
 - water 		93.13  km 2
79.96 km 2
13.17 km 2
CBS code 0748
Residents 66,857 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 718 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 17 ′  E
Important traffic route A4 A58 E312
prefix 0164
Postcodes 4601-4602, 4611-4617, 4621-4625, 4661, 4664
Website Homepage of Bergen op Zoom
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Bergen op Zoom ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant with 66,857 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The political community consists of the eponymous city and other localities. Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

The municipality is located in the far west of the province, on the waterway between Rotterdam and Antwerp. To the west of Bergen is the Zeeland island of Tholen .

Bergen op Zoom has a port with extensive industrial areas west of the city center. The A58 motorway crosses here with the A4 from Rotterdam, which will be expanded in the coming years and which will be pulled through to Antwerp. [obsolete] Bergen op Zoom has a train station on the Roosendaal - Vlissingen local railway .

Bergen op Zoom now has tobacco , synthetic resin , starch and plastics industries. Nearby are asparagus , strawberries and anchovies produced.

The beautiful city center and the beautiful surroundings also attract many tourists.

places

  • The city of Bergen op Zoom, seat of the municipal administration, with about 51,800 inhabitants;
  • The village of Halsteren, a few kilometers north of the city, with about 11,600 inhabitants;
  • The village of Lepelstraat, a little further north, with about 2,000 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • The Markiezenhof Palace (the only building of its kind in the Netherlands) from the 15th and 16th centuries that houses a cultural center and a museum. You can see u. a. a collection of regional art, an exhibition with miniatures about the fair and a collection of political mockery.
  • The St. Gertrudis Church from the 14th century.
  • The city gate Gevangenpoort , with a small museum of city archeology.
  • The white town hall complex, which was created in 1633 by converting three old houses on the Great Market.
  • More old houses in the city center: the city center has been declared a beschermd stadsgezicht (protected cityscape) by the Dutch government .
  • The old fortification Fort de Roovere east of Halsteren in the middle of a nature reserve.

history

Gevangenpoort
The Grote Markt with the "Peperbus"

Bergen op Zoom was created in the Middle Ages when three small settlements grew together. It was walled in 1330 and received city ​​rights in 1347 . The city became the administrative center of the area; the lords of the city from the House of Glymes were allowed to use the title of marquis from 1533 ; these gentlemen's Palais Markiezenhof is now a museum. Bergen op Zoom, with its port on the Ooster Scheldt and its annual markets, was an important trade competitor for Antwerp, which is located to the south, until around 1500 . Two different influences caused a decline in the importance of the city in the early modern period: huge storm surges with flooding into the hinterland and the Eighty Years War (1568–1648). An exemplary event for the power of the elements is the St. Felix flood of 1530, as a result of this flood and other heavy floods, the neighboring Reimerswaal sank .

In 1577, during the Eighty Years' War, the Spaniards were expelled from the city. They made numerous attempts to recapture it: 1581 and 1588 (by Alessandro Farnese ), 1605 and 1622 (by Ambrogio Spinola ).

The fortress was laid out in 1688 by Menno van Coehoorn and was considered one of the strongest fortresses in Holland. However, the French general Ulrich von Löwendal was able to take it during the War of the Austrian Succession in 1747 after a three-month siege by storm, which resulted in a horrific plunder that struck all of Europe. (→ Siege of Bergen op Zoom ) He was blamed for it, but was promoted to Marshal of France by the French king . Just one year later, France had to vacate the fortress in the Treaty of Aachen in 1748 . The margraviate of Bergen op Zoom went to the Electoral Palatinate and in 1778 to Palatinate-Baiern .

On January 30, 1795, Bergen op Zoom was handed over to the French under General Pichegru without a fight. An attempt by the British General Graham to take the fortress by storm on the night of March 8th to 9th, 1814 failed. After the peace treaty of 1814 , the French had to evacuate them.

In 1867 the fortress was abandoned and its facilities razed.

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politics

The local party Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij was able to defend its election victory from 2014 in the local election on March 21, 2018 and even improve its share of the vote by almost five percentage points. Between 2018 and 2022 it forms a coalition with CDA , GroenLinks and VVD .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018
Turnout: 49.58%
 %
30th
20th
10
0
27.1
14.3
11.7
10.9
9.9
6.7
6.2
5.5
4.9
2.8
GBWP a
LL c
BSD f
Otherwise. j
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+4.4
+1.3
-3.7
+1.2
-2.7
-4.7
+2.0
-3.3
+4.9
+0.6
GBWP a
LL c
BSD f
Otherwise. j
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Remarks:
a Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij
c Lijst Linssen
f Bergse Sociaal Democrats
g GroenLinks
j Steunpunt Bergen op Zoom 2.8% (+ 2.8%), SolidariteitsPartij Bergen op Zoom 0.0% (–2.2%)

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats a
1982 1986 1990 1994 1996 b 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij - - - - 6th 6th 5 4th 6th 8th 9
VVD 7th 5 5 4th 5 6th 5 4th 5 5 5
Lijst Linssen c - - - 6th 5 5 5 7th 6th 5 4th
CDA 10 8th 8th 6th 5 5 5 4th 3 3 4th
D66 1 2 3 4th 3 2 3 2 3 4th 3
Bergse Sociaal Democrats - 1 2 1 1 1 2 4th 2
GroenLinks - - 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2
PvdA 6th 9 6th 3 3 3 3 7th 5 3 2
SP - 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 - 1
Steunpunt Bergen op Zoom - - - - - - - - - - 1
Politieke Partij Wij - - - - - - - 1 - - -
Leefbaarheid Bergen op Zoom-Halsteren-Lepelstraat - - - - 3 3 5 1 - - -
Gemeentebelangen / Stadspartij 3 3 4th 2 - - - - - - -
Center Democrats - - - 2 - - - - - - -
General concern d 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
PSP 1 0 - - - - - - - - -
PPR - - - - - - - - -
CPN - - - - - - - - - -
total 29 29 29 29 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
Remarks
a Parties that took part in the election but were unable to obtain a seat on the council will not be considered.
b Due to the incorporation of Halsteren into Bergen op Zoom on January 1, 1997, the municipal council election took place in 1996.
cPolitieke Partij Wij and Leefbaarheid Bergen op Zoom-Halsteren-Lepelstraat joined the Lijst Linssen for the municipal council elections in 2010 .
dIn 1982 the Algemeen Belang party ran under the name Bergen op Zoom Centraal .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The coalition party Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij provides the College van burgemeester en wethouders with two councilors, while the other parties CDA , GroenLinks and VVD are represented by one councilor. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

function Surname Political party Department annotation
mayor Frank Petter CDA Public order and security (including social security), administrative organization and renewal, residents' registration office, representation, supra-regional and cross-border cooperation, community partnership, external relationships, integrity, lobbying, supervision and enforcement, cultural property in office since September 1, 2013
Alderman Patrick van der Velden Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij urban development, traffic and transport, public space: green and water, natural and landscape development, public work, inner city, physical citizen and state participation, housing and housing, spatial planning and permits first deputy mayor
Barry Jacobs VVD Youth, education, social affairs (including participation), debt problems and poverty policy, labor market and opportunities, economy third deputy mayor
Annette Stinenbosch CDA Finances and basic business, real estate, supervision and enforcement, organization, facility management and purchasing, communication, leisure fourth deputy mayor
Andrew Harijgens GroenLinks Sustainability, climate, energy and waste; Animal welfare; Social Welfare Act; Information management, IT data management and services; Environmental law fifth deputy mayor
Arjan van der Weegen Gemeentebelangen / Werknemerspartij - temporarily absent due to illness
Community Secretary Theo Wingens - - in office since August 1, 2018

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Wilhelmus Adriaan van Ham: Macht en gezag in het Markiezaat: a politiek-institutional study over stad en land van Bergen op Zoom (1477–1583) . Lost, Hilversum 2000 (= Diss., Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 2000), ISBN 90-6550-081-2 .

Web links

Commons : Bergen op Zoom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ The flood event is named after the feast day of two saints Felix and Eusebius , November 5th.
  3. ↑ Illustrations by Frans Hogenberg from 1577: Prison of Carls Fughers in front of the instead of Bergen auff Saum ( digitized version ); and from 1581: Carls Fughers' prison in front of the place of mountains on the Saum ( digitized version )
  4. ↑ Irma van Schaijk: Bergen op Zoom heeft een nieuwe coalitie. In: indebuurt. De Persgroep Nederland , May 10, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 20, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Samenstelling en taakverdeling . In: bergenopzoom.nl . Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, accessed December 20, 2018 (Dutch)