Laren (North Holland)

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Laren municipality
Flag of the municipality of Laren
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Laren
coat of arms
province North Holland North Holland
mayor Nanning Mol ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Laren
Area
 - land
 - water 		12.41  km 2
12.41 km 2
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CBS code 0417
Residents 11,207 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 903 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 15 '  N , 5 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '  N , 5 ° 14'  E
Important traffic route A1 E231 A27 N525
prefix 035
Postcodes 1251-1252, 3744
Website Homepage of Laren
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Laren (North Holland) ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland . It has 11,207 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) on a total area of ​​12.41 km². Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Laren is located in the wooded region of Het Gooi , northeast of Hilversum . The former farmer and shepherd village is home to many often wealthy people who work in Amsterdam and for television in Hilversum. Culture and tourism are also important for the economy. The headquarters of the trading company Blokker Holding is in Laren .

history

The area of ​​Larens was already inhabited in prehistoric times, among others by bearers of the bell beaker culture . In the Middle Ages, today's village was built around a "narrow" ( Anger ) where the communal cattle were kept. The tradition of a St. John's pilgrimage , which is still going on, was also established around June 24 at the St. John's Basilica (St. Jansbasiliek). Until around 1880, Laren was a poor farming village whose inhabitants found it difficult to make ends meet as shepherds or small farmers.

Laren as an artist colony

Anton Mauve (1885): Woman from Laren with a lamb - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.

After the social change and the associated urban development changes in Oosterbeek , the artists of the Oosterbeek School started looking for a new place of work. The place Laren was discovered by Jozef Israëls and by his son. In the Pulchri Studio one became aware of this place through his stories and pictures. Other artists followed such as u. a. Albert Neuhys, Anton Mauve, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Willem Roelofs and Wally Moes. Max Liebermann came from Germany . The style can be attributed to that of the Hague School . Here one turned to landscape painting and the genre . In terms of art history, one also speaks of the Laren School , because a style that was only characteristic of this area had developed here, which was tied to the pictorial genres possible here.

Around 1898 there were again young artists who are assigned to the 2nd generation of the Laren School. One part remained associated with the Hague School in terms of style, while the other part had opened up to the modern age. Adrianus Johannes Zwart (d. 1981) is seen after his early work as one of the last representatives of the Hague or Laren School, which came to an end.

The American art collector and painter William Henry Singer settled in Laren in 1901. His villa, built in 1911, became the later Singer Museum at the wishes of the widow after structural changes . It was opened in 1956 and has a high place in the Dutch museum culture of impressionism and modernism . In addition to the usual exhibitions, there are also temporary exhibitions.

Change in Laren

The invention of the car made it possible in the 20th century for the rich, and later also for the less affluent, to buy an old farm with a thatched roof in Laren, convert it into a villa, and so every day from Laren to work in Amsterdam, Hilversum and to other nearby cities.

In 1903 Jacob van Rees founded the Humanitaire school (literally: "humanitarian school") in Laren. The school was mainly for the members of the organization "Internationale Broederschap" (literally: "International Brotherhood").

Attractions

In 1956, the important Singer Laren Museum was opened in Laren in the former villa of the painter and collector William Henry Singer . It houses Dutch and French paintings, and others from the Laren School , from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum also has a music hall and a sculpture garden.

The center of Laren, with the village square "Brink" and a village church from the 15th century. The area, consisting of forest and heather , is suitable for hiking and cycling.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
36.9
23.2
18.7
6.0
5.7
4.8
4.7
LB
LL
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
+6.8
+12.5
-2.7
-10.7
-7.8
-2.7
+4.7
LB
LL

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Larens Behoud 5 4th 5 6th
Liberaal Laren 1 2 2 4th
VVD 4th 5 3 3
CDA 3 2 2 1
D66 0 1 2 1
PvdA 2 1 1 0
GroenLinks 0 - - 0
Groep Werkers accord 0 - - -
total 15th 15th 15th 15th

mayor

Nanning Mol ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since September 30, 2019 . His colleagues include the alderman Peter Calis (Larens Behoud), Ton Stam (VVD), Karin van Hunnik (Larens Behoud) and the municipal secretary Garmt Kolhorn.

photos

  • Laren, basilica: Sint Jansbasiliek.

  • Laren, church: Johanneskerk.

  • Singer Museum zu Laren with the sculpture "Swans in Laren".

  • Laren - Brink, the town center.

  • Laren - brick architecture.

  • Willem Roelofs (1897/1897): Landweg bei Laren, Rijksmuseum.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Nieuwe burgemeester in Laren. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, September 5, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Painters of German impressionism such as Paul Baum , Lovis Corinth , Max Liebermann and Ernst Oppler traveled the North Sea coast and shaped their own style, whereby the art movement of Dutch impressionism also had an influence on their creative path.
  4. ↑ Result of the local elections , accessed on May 16, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014–2018 , accessed on May 16, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Laren, accessed on May 16, 2018 (Dutch)