Hilvarenbeek

Hilvarenbeek municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Evert Weys ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality	Hilvarenbeek
Area  - land  - water	96.51  km 2 94.85 km 2 1.66 km 2
CBS code	0798
Residents	15,322 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	159 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 29 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	013
Postcodes	5081, 5084-5085, 5087, 5089
Website	hilvarenbeek.nl

Hilvarenbeek ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant .

places

The approximate number of inhabitants (as of 2018) in brackets.

• Beast Houtakker (950)
• Diessen (3695)
• Esbeek (1235)
• Haghorst (835)
• Hilvarenbeek (8640), seat of the municipal administration

Location and economy

Hilvarenbeek is located south-southeast of the neighboring town of Tilburg , the distance between the two town centers is about 9 km. The nearest train station and the nearest motorway connection are also in Tilburg (A58, Breda - Tilburg - 's-Hertogenbosch , exit no. 10). Diessen is located immediately east of Hilvarenbeek.

The main sources of income for the municipality are tourism and agriculture. Hilvarenbeek, where many people live who have their work in Tilburg, now has more of the character of a suburb of Tilburg than of a former farming village.

history

The name Beek first appeared in the 12th century. In the 14th century the name of St. Hildevardi was added. In the 15th century the village grew because it was on an important trade route. However, due to the Eighty Years' War , the village became mainly a farming village until the 20th century.

On January 1, 1997, the municipality of Diessen was incorporated into the municipality of Hilvarenbeek. This restored the administrative unity of these two places after 350 years. Diessen's Christians were forced to attend the Reformed Church instead of the Roman Catholic Church between 1648 and 1800 : the village church was only accessible to Protestants.

Hilvarenbeek was the first parish in the Netherlands where the oak processionary moth was found.

In 1964 the Hilvaria studios were built in the woods south of Hilvarenbeek . Initially they were used for film recordings, also for commercials and short television films. Between 1974 and 1981, the buildings were used as recording studios for pop music . The equipment was so modern at the time (the Eindhoven-based Philips works, which also made records , were not far away!) That not only top Dutch artists such as Golden Earring and Herman Brood recorded several titles there, but also foreign ones such as Black Sabbath , Cat Stevens and Genesis . The two Genesis albums Wind & Wuthering (1976) and And Then There Were Three (1978) were recorded at Hilvarenbeeker Relight Studios. The complex now houses a conference center.

Attractions

• Between Tilburg and Hilvarenbeek there is the Beekse Bergen Safari Park, which is also known outside of the Netherlands . There is also a holiday park with a swimming pool, holiday homes and other things. The safari park participates in the breeding program for the conservation of the Siberian tiger .
• The center of Hilvarenbeek around the village square Vrijthof is well worth seeing. There is, among other things, the St. Peter's Church, built around 1300. In this church there is a sermon chair from 1628, an organ that is often used for organ concerts in summer, and other baroque-style furniture . The tower of this church, which dates from 1450, has a carillon and can be climbed from time to time in summer.
• In Hilvarenbeek there are a few small, limited open museums that give an insight into village life in past centuries: a small beer brewery, a country doctor's practice and a small lemonade and liqueur factory.
• The southwest half of the municipality, from Tilburg to the Belgian border, consists largely of forests, where hikes marked by the local VVV (tourist office) are possible.
• The well-known Abbey of Postel , just across the Belgian border, is a popular destination for such hikes and bike tours.
• The Hilvaria Studios building is open to the public every Sunday. There are paintings and other works by local artists on display, and you can have coffee there, for example.
• As everywhere in this area, the carnival is the biggest event of the year.
• Diessen also has a medieval church dedicated to St. Willibrordus .
• Once a year in summer the hardstyle and hardcore outdoor festival "Decibel" takes place.

photos

• 

  Hilvarenbeek, mill: windmolen de Doornboom

• 

  Diessen, church: de Sint Willibrorduskerk

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  Biest-Houtakker, church: de Sint Antonius van Paduakerk

politics

The local party HOI Werkt won the local election on March 21, 2018. In the 2018–2022 legislative period, the coalition consists of the CDA , the Gemeenschapslijst Hilvarenbeek , HOI Werkt and the VVD , thus forming an all-party government.

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 63.3%

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.1

25.8

17.6

17.5

HOI ^a

GLH ^b

VVD

CDA

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

+4.3

-12.9

+3.8

+4.7

HOI ^a

GLH ^b

VVD

CDA

Remarks:

^a HOI works

^b Gemeenschapslijst Hilvarenbeek

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986	1990	1994	1996 a	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
HOI works b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	7th
Gemeenschapslijst Hilvarenbeek	-	-	-	-	-	3	4th	5	6th	7th	4th
VVD	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
CDA	5	4th	5	5	4th	3	4th	3	2	2	3
Helder Open Integer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
6 cores concern c	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	2	-	-
PvdA	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	-	-
Algemene Diessense Belangenpartij	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
INformatie '74	2	2	4th	4th	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Dorpenbelang d	3	3	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Partij Diessen e	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	13	13	13	15th	15th	15th	15th	17th	17th	17th	17th

Remarks

^a Due to the incorporation of Diessen on January 1, 1997, an unscheduled local election took place in 1996.

^b HOI Werkt was created from the merger of Helder Open Integer and the local PvdA parliamentary group.

^c 6 Kernen Belang emerged from the merger of Algemene Diessense Belangenpartij and Dorpenbelang .

^d Dorpenbelang ran as Lijst Van den Aker up to and including 1986 .

^eThe Partij Diessen was absorbed into the local CDA parliamentary group in the 1999 local elections.

College van B&W

The councilors of the college were selected for the first time through an application process for the 2018–2022 legislative period . The current councilors do not come from the Hilvarenbeek municipality, but from Middelbeers, Uden and Goirle , and are not provided by a council group. The following people belong to the college:

function	Surname	Political party	annotation
mayor	Evert Weys	CDA	in office since February 5, 2020
Alderman	Ted van de Loo	-	first deputy mayor
	Guus van der Put	-	second deputy mayor
	Gerrit Overmans	-	third deputy mayor
Community Secretary	Frank Jansen	-	in office since May 2014

Sons and daughters (selection)

• Ronald van Raak (* 1969), historian and politician

Web links

Commons : Hilvarenbeek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Hilvarenbeek in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the Hilvarenbeek Tourist Office (Dutch)
• Beekse Bergen Safari Park website (Dutch)
• Homepage of the Decibel organizer B2S (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Nieuwe burgemeester in Hilvarenbeek. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, January 22, 2020, accessed February 7, 2020 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
3. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , February 1, 2019, accessed on March 1, 2019 (Dutch)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on March 1, 2019 (Dutch)
5. ^ Bertrand Verhelst: Nieuwe wethouders komen niet uit Hilvarenbeek maar uit Middelbeers, Uden en Goirle. In: BD . Wegener, June 9, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Samenstelling college . In: hilvarenbeek.nl . Gemeente Hilvarenbeek, accessed March 1, 2019 (Dutch)