Grave

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Grave parish
Flag of the municipality of Grave
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Grave
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province North Brabant North Brabant
mayor Lex Roolvink ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Grave
Area
 - land
 - water 		28.03  km 2
27.18 km 2
0.85 km 2
CBS code 0786
Residents 12,486 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 445 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E
Important traffic route N321 N324
prefix 0486
Postcodes 5361, 5363-5364, 5438
Website Homepage of Grave
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Grave ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant with 12,486 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Their total area is 28 km². The municipality includes the small town of Grave and the three small farming villages of Escharen , Velp and Gassel . Audio file / audio sample

geography

The small port town of Grave is located in the extreme northeast of the province on the Maas , southwest of Nijmegen . The John S. Thompson Bridge leads over the Maas to Wijchen and on to Nijmegen.

history

Map of Grave during the Siege, 1602
Grave, the town hall

The old fortress town of Grave, which already had city ​​rights around 1250 , was the seat of the Lords of Cuijk or Kuyk in the 14th century . Johann von Cuijk walled the city in 1285. The strategically important grave was often a bone of contention between the Duchy of Geldern and the Duchy of Brabant between 1300 and 1550 . At the beginning of the Eighty Years War , the city was taken over by the Duke of Alba for Spain. In 1568 they captured the troops of the Prince of Orange under Sander Turck, but Alba took them again that same year. In 1577 the citizens drove away the Spanish occupation, but in 1586 the Prince of Parma stormed the fortress again. In 1602 Grave finally fell into the hands of Moritz von Nassau and thus became part of the Republic of the Netherlands . The fortress builder Menno van Coehoorn designed a new fortification which, despite successful sieges by French troops in 1672 and 1794, lasted until 1874.

During the Dutch War (1672–1678), Grave came into the hands of the French in July 1672 after several months of siege for two years. The city was occupied by a 4,000 to 5,000-strong French garrison in 1674. From July 1674, the city was besieged by a 16,000-strong force of Dutch and Brandenburgers under the leadership of General Carl von Rabenhaupt . The French had sufficient guns and a large supply of gunpowder and defended themselves vehemently under the direction of Marshal de Chamilly. The siege made little progress, but in October the besieged supplies ran out. After Prince Wilhelm III. from Orange had joined the besiegers on October 9th with fresh troops, an agreement was reached on October 27th, 1674 on the free withdrawal of the French. Both sides suffered heavy losses; the besieged over 2,000, the besiegers 7,000 to 8,000 men.

During the French Revolutionary War, Grave was conquered by surrendering at the end of 1794 by the French general Jean-Charles Pichegru after a ten-week siege. On May 16, 1814, the French occupation there surrendered to the Allies.

Grave often suffered from floods from the Meuse , especially in the 18th and 19th centuries . It is not far from the Beerse Overlaat area, which was often deliberately exposed to the water until around 1920.

During the Second World War , the Maas Bridge was fiercely contested on the American side by units of the 82nd Airborne Division as part of Operation Market Garden . Because “Grave” means “grave ” in English , it was quickly renamed “Graawi” for the operation.

politics

The local Partij Grave won the last local election on March 21, 2018 by a clear margin over the second largest group of voters, the CDA . They form a coalition with the CDA in the 2018–2022 legislative period.

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018
Turnout: 58.32%
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30th
20th
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38.4
16.7
15.6
13.6
8.0
7.6
n. k.
LPG a
K2010 c
VPG d
TLLVC g
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
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 12
 10
   8th
   6th
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   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+12.4
+0.5
-2.4
-6.2
-6.6
+7.6
-5.5
LPG a
K2010 c
VPG d
TLLVC g
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Remarks:
a Local Partij Grave
c Keerpunt 2010
d Verenigd Progressief Grave
g Trots Liberaal Land van Cuijk

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1993 a 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Local Partij Grave - - - 3 4th 3 3 3 4th 6th
CDA 4th 3 4th 2 2 3 3 3 2 3
Keerpunt 2010 - - - - - - - 2 3 2
Verenigd Progressief Grave b - - - - - - - 3 3 2
VVD 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 1
D66 - - - 2 1 1 0 - - 1
Trots Liberaal Land van Cuijk - - - - - - - - 1 -
Trots op Nederland - - - - - - - 1 - -
3Dorpenpartij c d - - - - - 3 2 - - -
SP - - - - - - 2 - - -
PvdA 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 - - -
GroenLinks - - 1 1 1 2 0 - - -
Combinatie Velp-Escharen e 2 3 3 3 2 - - - - -
Dorpslijst Gassel - - - 2 1 - - - - -
Lijst Verhaaren - 2 3 - - - - - - -
Lijst Vollenberg 2 1 - - - - - - - -
PPR 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Lijst ter Braak 1 - - - - - - - - -
total 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th
Remarks
a Due to the incorporation of Gassel (Beers municipality) into Grave on January 1, 1994, the municipal council election took place in 1993.
b Verenigd Progressief Grave is an amalgamation of the local GroenLinks, PvdA and SP groups.
cThe 3Dorpenpartij emerged from the merger of the Combinatie Velp-Escharen and Dorpslijst Gassel .
dIn the local elections in 2010, the 3Dorpenpartij was absorbed into the local CDA electorate.
eUp to and including 1986, the Combinatie Velp-Escharen ran as Lijst van den Hoogen .

College van B&W

The local Partij Grave provides the College van burgemeester en wethouders with two councilors, while the coalition party CDA is present with an alderman in the college. The following people belong to the college:

function Surname Political party annotation
mayor Lex Roolvink VVD in office since May 22, 2013
Alderman Anja Henisch Local Partij Grave first deputy mayor
Ben Peters CDA second deputy mayor
Rick Joosten Local Partij Grave third deputy mayor
Community Secretary Jeroen Heerkens - in office since February 2014

economy

In Grave there are factories for brick, roof tiles, and other building materials. Agriculture is also important.

Attractions

Due to the large amount of war damage, there is relatively little left of the historic city center . The tourism is limited to water sports on the Maas.

Graver personalities

gallery

  • Bridge over the Meuse

  • Church in Grave

  • Street in Grave

  • Church in Escharen

  • Church in Gassel

  • Mill in Gassel

Web links

Commons : Grave  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Grave in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts
Wiktionary: Grave  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ^ Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1586: Grave. Here is shown the great power, So Graff has brought the stat ... ( digitized ).
  3. ^ Olaf van Nijmegen: The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588–1688. Translation by Andrew May. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-575-2 , pp. 482-483, here: p. 283 ( preview in Google book search; original title: "Deser landen crijchsvolck." Het Staatse leger en de militaire revoluties [1588–1688]. Bakker, Amsterdam 2006, ISBN 90-351-2941-5 ).
  4. ↑ a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on February 23, 2019 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Seedstelling College . In: grave.nl . Gemeente Grave, accessed February 23, 2019 (Dutch)