Nuenen

Nuenen

province	North Brabant
local community	Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Area  - land  - water	18.30  km 2 18.14 km 2 0.16 km 2
Residents	20,080 (Jan. 1, 2018)
Coordinates	51 ° 28 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	040
Postcodes	5671-5674
Location of Nuenen in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Nuenen is a place in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten (province of Noord-Brabant , Netherlands ), which is often also called Nuenen or Nuenen ca for short . With around 20,000 inhabitants, this district is also the largest in the municipality.

The name Nuenen comes from Nuenhem , which means new home .

In the 8th century a Germanic tribe lived in the place where Nuenen is today.

On December 4, 1300, Duke Johann II wrote a letter in which he determined that the land should be transferred to the residents of Nuenen and Gerwen as a fief . This letter has been preserved.

During the Second World War on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden in Nuenen, there was fighting between the Americans (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division ) and Germans (107th Panzer Brigade). The fighting during the war is part of the fourth episode of the miniseries Band of Brothers - We Were Like Brothers .

Vincent van Gogh lived and worked for two years (1883–1885) in Nuenen, where he developed his own style. He painted over 180 pictures, including his famous painting The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) .

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), The Rectory in Nuenen, 1885, oil on canvas, 33 × 43 cm, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

Nuenen, church: de Sint Clemenskerk

Nuenen, mill: de Roosdonck

Farmhouse in Nuenen, van Gogh, 1885, Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Personalities

• Theodorus van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh's father, preached in Nuenen Church
• Dorthy de Rooij (1946–2002), Dutch organist, composer and music teacher
• Vincent van Gogh, drew over 180 paintings here

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , March 29, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2019 (Dutch)