Oegstgeest

Oegstgeest community

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
mayor	Emile Jaensch ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Oegstgeest
Area  - land  - water	7.97  km 2 7.3 km 2 0.67 km 2
CBS code	0579
Residents	24,499 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	3074 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 10 ′  N , 4 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′  N , 4 ° 28 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	071
Postcodes	2341-2343
Website	Homepage of Oegstgeest

Oegstgeest, the rectory

Oegstgeest ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland . It consists of the village of the same name and has 24,499 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) and covers an area of ​​7.97 km², of which 0.67 km² is water. Oegstgeest is a suburb of Leiden that can be reached on foot in 25 minutes from the train station in this city, north-west.

The place is known for a large mental health institution.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

30th

20th

10

0

25.7

20.9

19.1

16.6

11.9

5.9

no

VVD

PO

CDA

D66

HvO

LO

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+5.6

+3.1

+5.0

-5.1

-4.0

-3.5

-1.1

VVD

PO

CDA

D66

HvO

LO

Otherwise.

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

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
VVD	5	5	4th	5
Progressief Oegstgeest	-	6th	3	4th
CDA	3	2	3	4th
D66	-	-	4th	3
Hart voor Oegstgeest	5	6th	3	2
Lokaal Oegstgeest	-	-	2	1
Libertarian party	-	-	0	-
PvdA / GroenLinks / D66	6th	-	-	-
total	19th	19th	19th	19th

mayor

Emile Jaensch ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since February 15, 2016 . His staff include the alderman Jos Roeffen ( Hart voor Oegstgeest ), Jan Nieuwenhuis ( CDA ) and the municipal secretary Harro Leegstra .

Attractions

Oud Poelgeest

Oud Poelgeest , the country estate of Herman Boerhaave , which he acquired in 1724.

Personalities

Daughters and sons

• Jan Wolkers (1925–2007), writer
• Jan Kalsbeek (* 1949), builder of historical keyboard instruments
• Hans Maarten van den Brink (* 1956), journalist and writer
• Diederik Stapel (* 1966), social psychologist
• Sem Veeger (born 1991), actress
• Daan Olivier (* 1992), cyclist

Other personalities

• Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), composer and conductor, died in Oegstgeest
• Johannes Mitterreither (1733–1800), Austrian organ builder , was buried in Oegstgeest
• Cornelius Ludovicus Baron de Wijkerslooth , Lord of Schalkwijk en Weerdesteyn (also: Van Wijkerslooth) (1786–1851), Catholic priest and theologian and titular bishop of Curium
• Daniel Wyttenbach (1746–1820), Leiden philologist, lived and died here, as did his wife, the writer Daniel Jeanne Wyttenbach b. Gaul (1773-1830)

Web links

Commons : Oegstgeest  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Dutch, English)
• Daniel Jeanne Wyttenbach-Gallien Digital Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (Dutch)
• Daniel Wyttenbach in the Engl. Wikipedia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 8, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 8, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Emile Jaensch geïnstalleerd as burgemeester Oegstgeest. In: NU.nl. February 16, 2016, accessed June 8, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Collegeleden Oegstgeest Gemeente Oegstgeest, accessed on June 8, 2018 (Dutch)