's-Hertogenbosch

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'S-Hertogenbosch municipality
Flag of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch
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Coat of arms of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch
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province North Brabant North Brabant
mayor Jack Mikkers ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality 's-Hertogenbosch
Area
 - land
 - water
118.07  km 2
110.24 km 2
7.83 km 2
CBS code 0796
Residents 154,343 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 1307 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E
height 6.5  m NAP
Important traffic route A2 E25 A59 N266 N279 N617 N625
prefix 073
Postcodes 5201-5203, 5211-5213, 5215-5216, 5221-5224, 5231-5237, 5241-5249, 5381-5383, 5386, 5391-5392
Website s-hertogenbosch.nl
LocatieS-Hertogenbosch.png
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's-Hertogenbosch [ ˌsɛrtoːɣə (n) ˈbɔs ] ( listen ? / i ) (in common parlance Den Bosch [ dɛmˈbɔs ]; German Herzogenbusch , French Bois-le-Duc ) is the capital of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch includes the town of' s-Hertogenbosch and the villages and towns of Bokhoven, Empel, Engelen , Hintham, Kruisstraat, Meerwijk, Orthen, Rosmalen and Maliskamp. As of January 31, 2019, there were 154,343 residents in the community , according to CBS . Audio file / audio sample  

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch . The city is also the seat of a court, the provincial administration, various hospitals and psychiatric institutions as well as many nationally important schools.

location

Shopping street in Den Bosch

's-Hertogenbosch is located in the south of the Netherlands, about 80 km southeast of Amsterdam . The total area is 91.26 km².

's-Hertogenbosch is about 6 to 7 m above sea level in a marshland on the Dieze , a tributary of the Maas , and on the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal .

history

Allied soldiers march through Den Bosch to commemorate the liberation of the previous year, Dutch cinema news from October 27, 1945

The district of Empel lies at a point where the Batavians already had a settlement and a temple for their god Donar , in the Latin form of the name after the dedicatory inscription Hercules Magusanus .

Duke Henry I of Brabant granted the town in 1185, the city charter . It lies on a small ridge of sand, surrounded by swampy terrain. That is why it was strategically important in the Middle Ages . The Herzogenbusch fortress was considered almost impregnable. The city's merchants imported wine from Cologne , sandstone from Liège and fish from the Baltic Sea countries.

Between 1450 and 1525, the city experienced a period of economic prosperity, which ended in the 16th century with the Eighty Years War . The city was conquered by the Dutch in 1629 by Friedrich Heinrich von Orange . Then the citadel was built. In 1815 the city became the provincial capital.

In May 1940, the city - like the rest of the Netherlands - was occupied by Wehrmacht troops (" Western Campaign ") and liberated on October 29, 1944 by Allied troops.

Economy and Transport

The economic structure of 's-Hertogenbosch has many medium-sized and small industrial and trading companies; however, the service sector is dominant. There is a large Heineken brewery in the village .

The 's-Hertogenbosch station is a railway junction of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen with connections to u. a. Utrecht - Amsterdam , Eindhoven - Maastricht , Tilburg - Breda and Nijmegen .

Culture and sights

St. John's Cathedral in the city center
Local specialty: Bossche bollen , a cream puff covered with chocolate
Convent of the attendant van Liefde
  • St. John's Cathedral , originally Romanesque, rebuilt between 1280 and 1312 as well as in the 15th and 16th centuries. This cathedral, which is also a place of pilgrimage , is considered to be one of the most culturally important church buildings in the Netherlands.
  • Noordbrabants Museum (Museum of the Province of Noord-Brabant) - altarpieces, history of the province, copies of pictures by Hieronymus Bosch , some works by Vincent van Gogh , temporary exhibitions of ancient and modern art. This museum is of national importance.
  • De Moriaan , the oldest house in town from the 13th century
  • Het Kruithuis , Museum of Modern Ceramics and Ornaments
  • Town hall, originally Gothic, rebuilt in the 17th century
  • City walls
  • The partly underground river Binnen-Dieze (tours possible)
  • Municipal Theater De Parade
  • The Jupiler League club FC Den Bosch is based in 's-Hertogenbosch . The matches will be played at the De Vliert stadium.
  • Carnival has been celebrated in a big way since the 19th century, when the city is called "Oeteldonk"
  • Oeteldonksgemintemuzejum , the only museum in the Netherlands about (inter) national carnivals
  • Autotron , a car museum in Rosmalen
  • Tennis; Every year in June the lawn tournament Topshelf Open takes place in 's-Hertogenbosch.
  • In 2007, a new museum for modern art was opened, following the Noordbrabants Museum.
  • Since 1954 the International Singing Competition of 's-Hertogenbosch ( Dutch "Internationaal Vocalisten Concours' s-Hertogenbosch" ) has been held.

politics

The VVD was able to win the local election on March 21, 2018 with a narrow majority ahead of the D66 and was thus able to record another success after the election victory in 2010. The coalition in the legislative period from 2018 to 2022 consists of the CDA , the D66, GroenLinks, Rosmalens Belang and the VVD.

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018
Turnout: 51.32%
 %
30th
20th
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0
12.5
11.9
9.6
8.9
8.2
7.6
6.7
6.5
6.4
21.7
RB e
BG g
BVP i
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Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+0.1
-1.0
+2.3
-2.7
-4.3
-1.4
+2.8
-2.0
-2.4
+8.5
RB e
BG g
BVP i
Otherwise. j
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Remarks:
e Rosmalen's concern
g De Bossche Groenen
i Bossche Volkspartij
j Leefbaar 's-Hertogenbosch 5.1% (+ 5.1%), Raadsgroepering Bosch Belang 4.8% (-6.4%), PVV 3.4% (+ 3.4%), 50PLUS 3.0 % (+ 3.0%), gewoon ge-DREVEN 2.2% (+ 2.2%), Knillis 1.7% (+1.7%), Lokaal Liberaal 's-Hertogenbosch 1.1% (+ 1.1%), Buitengewoon Ongewoon 0.4% (+ 0.4%), Ouderen Politiek Actief 0.0% (–2.0%)

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994 1995 a 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
VVD 7th 5 4th 4th 4th 5 5 5 5 5 5
D66 1 1 3 4th 2 2 1 0 3 5 5
GroenLinks - - 2 4th 3 3 4th 5 5 3 4th
CDA 14th 10 11 7th 6th 6th 6th 5 4th 5 4th
Rosmalen concern - - - - 10 6th 6th 4th 4th 5 3
SP 0 0 2 2 2 4th 3 5 3 3 3
De Bossche
Groenen
- - - - - - - - 1 1 3
PvdA 10 14th 10 5 6th 5 4th 8th 5 4th 3
Bossche People's Party - - - - - - - - - 3 2
Leefbaar’s
-Hertogenbosch b
- - - - - 2 4th 2 2 - 2
Raadsgroepering
Bosch concern
1 2 2 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 2
PVV - - - - - - - - - - 1
50PLUS - - - - - - - - - - 1
gewoon
ge-DREVEN
- - - - - - - - - - 1
Knillis 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 - 0
Trots op Nederland - - - - - - - - 2 - -
Algemeen Ouderen
Verbond
- - - - 1 1 - - - - -
Unie 55+ - - - - - - - - - -
Centrum
Democrats
- - - 3 0 0 - - - - -
Left
seed planting c
- 2 - - - - - - - - -
PSP 1 - - - - - - - - - -
total 37 37 37 37 39 39 39 39 39 39 39
Remarks
aDue to the incorporation of Rosmalen on January 1, 1996, an unscheduled local election took place in 1995.
b Leefbaar 's-Hertogenbosch ran under the name Lente '97 in 1998 .
cThe Linkse Samenwerking was an amalgamation of the local CPN , EPP , PSP and PPR voter groups.

College van B&W

The coalition parties CDA, D66, GroenLinks, Rosmalens Belang and VVD are each represented by an alderman in the College van burgemeester en wethouders . The following people belong to the college and have the following departments:

function Surname Political party Department annotation
mayor Jack Mikkers VVD general administrative matters, administrative coordination, public order, security and integrated security policy, fire brigade, integral enforcement and surveillance, inter-communal relationships, relationship with partner communities, communication and representation, coordination of innovation in office since October 11, 2017
Alderman Jan Hoskam VVD Finance, economic development, BrabantStad, data science and information security, garbage collection, board of directors Empel and Meerwijk, organization of development, coordination of the city center first deputy mayor
Huib van Olden CDA Work and income, labor market policy, care, genetic makeup, sport, loneliness, personnel, alderman for the theater project second deputy mayor
Mike van der money D66 Climate and energy, public space (facilities and administration), water and greenery, culture, city marketing, tourism and events, diversity, coordination of sustainability, coordination of the Spoorzone project third deputy mayor
Ufuk Kâhya GroenLinks sustainable mobility and accessibility, young people and education, welfare, district and village-specific work, international and European relations, coordination of positive health fourth deputy mayor
Roy Geers Rosmalen concern Spatial planning and urban development, basic issues, housing, environmental law, social real estate, residents' councils, Engelen and Bokhoven board of directors, public services, coordination of (state) participation, coordination of the rural area, alderman for the De Groote Wielen project fifth deputy mayor
Community Secretary Joost Hansum - - acting; in office since April 2019 [outdated]

Town twinning

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : 's-Hertogenbosch  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: 's-Hertogenbosch  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. a b Benoeming burgemeester 's-Hertogenbosch. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, August 25, 2017, accessed February 27, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. The end of the war of WW II is reflected in old newspapers, which is the 65th anniversary of this these days. , accessed June 2, 2012.
  4. a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on February 27, 2019 (Dutch)
  5. ^ College van Burgemeester en Wethouders . In: s-hertogenbosch.nl . Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, accessed February 27, 2019 (Dutch)