Boers (Gelderland)

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Buren community
Flag of the municipality of Buren
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Buren
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
mayor Jan de Boer ( D66 )
Seat of the municipality Maurik
Area
 - land
 - water 		142.92  km 2
134.05 km 2
8.87 km 2
CBS code 0214
Residents 26,605 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 186 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 20'  E
height 4  m NAP
Important traffic route A15 E31 N229 N233 N320 N834 N835
prefix 0344
Postcodes 4011-4012, 4016, 4021, 4023-4024, 4031-4033, 4111-4112, 4115-4117, 4119, 4197
Website Homepage of Buren
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Maurik, Church (Sint Martenskerk) on the street
Maurik, Church (Sint Martenskerk) on the streetTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / picture 1

Buren ( listen ? / I ; German Büren ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland . On January 31, 2019, it had 26,605 inhabitants. Audio file / audio sample  

places

The small town of Buren and 13 other villages belong to the municipality of Buren. From west to east these are roughly:

  • Beusichem (2 km east of Culemborg )
  • Zoelmond
  • Ash
  • Ravenswaaij
  • Rijswijk (on the Amsterdam Rijnkanaal ; ferry across the Lek in Wijk bij Duurstede )
  • Erichem, close to Buren himself
  • Kerk-Avezaath
  • Zoelen (in the south of the municipality, near Tiel )
  • Maurik, on the Rhine ; Seat of the municipal administration
  • Eck en Wiel
  • Ingen
  • Ommeren
  • Lienden , on the eastern edge of the municipality, near Kesteren .

Location and economy

The municipality of Buren is part of the Betuwe region . It lies between Culemborg in the west, the river Lek , which is called Rijswijk Rhein above , in the north, Neder-Betuwe in the east, Geldermalsen in the south-west and Tiel with the A15 motorway ( Dordrecht - Arnheim / Nijmegen ) in the south-east. The Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal separates the municipality into an eastern and a western half. The next train stations are in Geldermalsen, Tiel and Kesteren.

The most important sources of income are horticulture and fruit growing; livestock and agriculture; the manufacture of bricks and roof tiles; and tourism.

history

For the Roman past of the place see the main articles Mannaricium and Levefanum .

The town of Buren emerged in the late 14th century as a small fortress on the Korne, a small tributary of the Linge . Buren Castle, ancestral seat of the Counts of Buren, was a kind of citadel. It was demolished in 1804; some outlines are still visible in a park.

On July 8, 1551, Wilhelm of Orange married the young Countess Anna van Buren , daughter of Count Maximilian Egmont van Buren . Since then, the title of Count von Buren has been reserved for the King or Queen of the Netherlands.

The family name Van Buren is quite common in the Netherlands. The Dutch kings and queens often used the name Van Buren when they wanted to remain anonymous. For example , when he was 18 , Prince Willem-Alexander completed the Elfstedentocht under the code name WA van Buren in the winter of 1985 . In 1612 members of the Orange family donated the Buren orphanage ; the orphans lived there for free. Buren has a special bond with the House of Orange-Nassau and is called Oranjestad.

Most of the villages in the municipality were built in the Middle Ages, some as early as the 9th century.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
34.5
19.3
12.4
10.4
9.0
7.9
6.5
no
GB
PCG
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 18th
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+17.4
-1.8
-2.1
-5.9
+3.0
-2.5
-4.9
-3.3
GB
PCG
Otherwise.

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Community affairs a - 2 4th 8th
VVD 6th 6th 5 4th
Protestants Christelijke Groepering 2 3 3 3
PvdA 6th 4th 4th 2
PvdD - 1 1 2
CDA 2 2 2 1
D66 1 2 2 1
Boers 2014 - - 0 -
Buren Oprecht en Eerlijk 1 1 - -
Praying Boers 1 0 - -
Community affairs Maurik a 1 - - -
Gemeentebelangen '90 a 1 - - -
total 21st 21st 21st 21st
a The “Gemeentebelangen” party emerged from the “Gemeentebelangen Maurik” and “Gemeentebelangen '90” parties and took part in the local elections for the first time in 2006.

mayor

Jan de Boer ( D66 ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since May 6, 2013 . His colleagues include the alderman Gerdjan Keller (Gemeentebelangen), Sietske Klein-de Jong ( VVD ), Daan Russchen ( PvdA ) and the community secretary Ilona van Wamel-Geene.

Attractions

  • In Buren:
    • The Culemborg city gate (built 1630)
    • The museum about "Boers and Oranje" in the former town hall
    • The Museum of the Koninklijke Marechaussee in the former royal orphanage
    • The late Gothic Saint Lamberti Church (construction start: 1395)
    • The partly well-preserved city fortifications from 1395, with a windmill
    • The town is rich in houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. Buren is “beschermd stadsgezicht” (Protected Cityscape) and is therefore a listed building as a whole .
    • In Buren there are some shops and restaurants especially for tourists. But hardly any languages ​​other than Dutch are spoken here!
  • In the other places:
    • Beusichem, Eck en Wiel, Ingen, Maurik and Zoelen have beautiful, often very old village churches.
    • Beusichem and Zoelen are picturesque villages.
    • Maurik has a water sports and recreation area with a marina on a dead arm of the Rhine.
    • In Zoelen the beautifully restored Soelen Castle (the building is inhabited by private individuals and cannot be visited) is located on a small river island.

photos

  • Buren, church tower (Sint-Lambertuskerk) behind the fortress wall

  • Buren, the orphanage behind the fortress wall

  • at Eiland van Maurik, Panorama

Web links

Commons : Buren  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Buren in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on 6 July 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Raad Buren cheers Jan de Boer aan as nieuwe burgemeester. In: Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters. Retrieved July 6, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ As quoted in het college van B&W Gemeente Buren, accessed on July 6, 2018 (Dutch)