Oosterhout

This article deals with the city of Oosterhout in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. For further meanings, see Oosterhout (disambiguation) .

Oosterhout municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Mark Buijs ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Oosterhout
Area  - land  - water	73.09  km 2 71.47 km 2 1.62 km 2
CBS code	0826
Residents	55,687 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	762 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 51 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0162
Postcodes	4849, 4901-4909, 4911
Website	oosterhout.nl

Oosterhout ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality (Netherlands) in the province of Noord-Brabant with 55,687 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Their total area is about 73 km².

places

The municipality includes the town of Oosterhout and the villages of Den Hout, Dorst and Oosteind.

Location and economy

Oosterhout is about 8 km north of the city center of Breda (regular bus connection) on the Breda - Utrecht motorway . The Wilhelminakanal connects it with Tilburg and the Amer (which joins the “Bergse Maas ” at Geertruidenberg and flows into the Hollands Diep in a westerly direction ). There is quite a lot of industry in Oosterhout, including the Jamin confectionery factory , a central warehouse for EGLO Leuchten , a production facility for fruit processing by Döhler GmbH and many small businesses. The world's largest manufacturer of shopping trolleys , Wanzl , has been operating a service and sales branch in Oosterhout since 1970.

history

Oosterhout was first mentioned in a document in 1213. The Lord von Strijen , who was very important for the area, had a castle built here in 1288. Willem van Duvenvoorde (* 1290, † in Brussels 1353), bought this castle in 1324. He was very wealthy and acquired control of the whole area around Breda and Bergen op Zoom (the glory of Oosterhout).

On the night of November 18-19, 1421, there was a catastrophic flood , the St. Elisabeth's Flood , which turned the lands north of Oosterhout into barren swamp.

In downtown Oosterhout

Between 1300 and 1800 several noble families had mansions, so-called slotjes (in German: "Schlösschen") built here. In 1625, when Breda was besieged by Friedrich Heinrich , Oosterhout suffered severe war damage.

Despite the Protestant rule, several monasteries in Oosterhout were able to assert themselves , for example the Benedictines , the Benedictines and the Norbertines . The Norbertine women settled in a former castle in 1647. Their abbey, Sint-Catharinadal ( Saint Catharina in the valley), still exists today. The nuns dedicate themselves, among other things, to the restoration of old books.

The Benedictine monastery of St. Paulus (Sint-Paulusabdij) was founded in 1907 by monks who had been expelled from the Abbey of Saint-Paul in Wisques . In 1928 it was elevated to the status of an abbey . In 2006 the Benedictines had to withdraw from the abbey due to a lack of young people. It was taken over by the Chemin Neuf community . There is still the Onze-Lieve-Vrouweabdij monastery, elevated to an abbey in 1924, which emerged from the Wisques Benedictine abbey .

The industrialization of the previously agricultural community began around 1860 when cigar manufacturers founded a company here.

Attractions

The basilica Johannes de Doper (John the Baptist)

In Oosterhout there are some mansions from the 18th and 19th centuries, the so-called "slotjes", small castles.

The basilica of John the Baptist , which was built in 1475 by members of the Johanniter and last restored in 2000, and the houses on the "Heuvel" (German: hill) are remarkable.

The monastery of St. Catharinadal is also worth seeing.

politics

The local voter group Gemeentebelangen Oosterhout prevailed in the local elections in 2018 with 27.64 percent and defended their election victory from 2014. The coalition for the 2018–2022 legislative period consists of Gemeentebelangen Oosterhout , the CDA and the VVD .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 49.09%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

27.64

16.79

14.18

10.77

10.47

7.57

4.42

4.00

4.15

GBO ^a

VVD

GL

GBV ^d

CDA

D66

GB ^g

PvdA

Otherwise. ⁱ

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

+11.85

+1.19

+5.81

+0.63

-2.41

-2.26

-0.19

-1.08

-13.56

GBO ^a

VVD

GL

GBV ^d

CDA

D66

GB ^g

PvdA

Otherwise. ⁱ

Remarks:

^{a community} affairs Oosterhout

^d Gezond burger mind

^g Great Brabant

ⁱ Lokaal Sociaal 2.62% (+ 2.62%), Oosterhout seeds 1.53% (+1.53%), SP 0.00% (-10.51%), Onafhankelijke Fractie 0.00% (- 2.38%), PRO Oosterhout 0.00% (–2.22%), Oosterhout Anders 0.00% (–1.85%), Jezus Leeft 0.00% (–0.75%)

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
Community affairs Oosterhout	6th	9	10	11	8th	8th	6th	5	6th	10
VVD	5	4th	3	4th	6th	5	4th	5	6th	6th
GroenLinks	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	5
Gezond burger mind	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4th	3	3
CDA	10	8th	8th	5	6th	7th	5	4th	4th	3
D66	1	1	3	4th	2	2	1	2	3	2
Great Brabant	-	-	-	2	4th	3	2	2	1	1
PvdA	4th	7th	4th	5	5	4th	8th	5	1	1
SP	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	4th	-
Onafhankelijke fractie	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	0	-
De Groenen	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PSP	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CPN			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	27	29	29	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

College van B&W

The coalition parties CDA and VVD each provide the College van burgemeester en wethouders with an alderman. The local party Gemeentebelangen Oosterhout, on the other hand, is represented by two councilors. The following people belong to the college and have the following departments:

function	Surname	Political party	Department	annotation
mayor	Mark Buijs	VVD	general administrative coordination, strategy, public order and security, external security, surveillance and enforcement, other legal tasks, regional administrative cooperation, communication and citizen participation	in office since December 19, 2018
Alderman	Marian Witte	Community affairs Oosterhout	Building and living, nature and greenery, mobility, environmental law project, sport	first deputy mayor
	Robin van der Helm	VVD	Economy, city center project, regional economic cooperation, brand management and city marketing, youth, integral security, education	second deputy mayor
	Marcel Willemsen	CDA	Livelihoods, public utilities, town hall project, services, basic problems, sustainability and the environment, labor market and participation, social affairs	third deputy mayor
	Clemens Piena	Community affairs Oosterhout	Care and wellbeing, public space, information technology and data management, culture and media	fourth deputy mayor
Community Secretary	Paul de Ridder	-	-	in office since January 2010

sons and daughters of the town

• Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806–1862), physician and botanist
• Remigius Adrianus Haanen (1812–1894), landscape painter
• Adriana Johanna Haanen (1814–1895), flower and still life painter
• Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936), Arabist and Islam expert
• Marinus De Jong (1891–1984), composer and pianist
• Hanns Jacobsen (1905–1985), German lawyer and business lawyer
• Antoine Beuger (* 1955), broker, composer, cultural manager and music publisher
• Hans van Oosterhout (* 1965), jazz and fusion musician
• Jaap Robben (* 1984), author and playwright

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the St. Catharinadal Monastery (Dutch)
• Website of the Order

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sjoerd Marcelissen: Mark Buijs nieuwe burgemeester van Oosterhout. In: BN De Stem . De Persgroep Nederland , October 31, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Catalogus Monasteriorum OSB Monachorum . Editio XIX. S. Anselmo, Rome 2000, p. 456.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 14, 2019 (Dutch)
5. ^ College of B&W . In: oosterhout.nl . Gemeente Oosterhout, accessed July 15, 2019 (Dutch)