Rijswijk (South Holland)

Rijswijk municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
mayor	Michel Bezuijen ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Rijswijk
Area  - land  - water	14.49  km 2 14.05 km 2 0.44 km 2
CBS code	0603
Residents	53,598 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	3699 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 20 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	070
Postcodes	2281-2289, 4284
Website	Homepage of Rijswijk

Rijswijk, church (de Oude Kerk) in the street

Jaagpad in Rijswijk in winter

Rijswijk ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Netherlands , province of South Holland , with 53,598 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019).

Location and economy

The municipality of Rijswijk is located east of The Hague and is a suburb of the Dutch royal seat. It can be reached from The Hague Central Station in a few minutes by train, but also by tram . Several highways to The Hague cross the municipality.

In Rijswijk there is an important laboratory complex of the TNO (the TNO is roughly the Dutch counterpart of the German Fraunhofer Society ) and many offices, including the CBR. The CBR (Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen = Central Office for Driving Licenses) issues driving licenses in the Netherlands and determines and organizes the tests that must be passed to obtain these documents. This authority also advises sister organizations and driving schools abroad.

Rijswijk also has a large branch of the European Patent Office with around 2,900 employees. The oil company Royal Dutch Shell has a large research and training center in Rijswijk. In addition, some Dutch ministries have moved certain departments from The Hague to Rijswijk.

history

Until about 270 a settlement of the Germanic Cananefaten or Caninefaten lay here . Around 1200 a farming village was built around a church. Four castles were built in the area, of which Te Werve was the most important.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Rijswijk became popular with the rich and powerful from The Hague. Members of the House of Orange-Nassau , from which the Dutch royal family originated, also had a palace built here. The Peace of Rijswijk was signed on September 20, 1697 in this "House Ter Nieuwburg" . In the 18th century this mansion fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished. On the 95th anniversary of this peace, a memorial column (recently restored) was erected in 1792 in the park on the site of the former palace.

Between 1750 and 1920, Rijswijk was mainly a village of farmers who kept dairy cows. Then it became the suburb of the increasingly growing neighbor The Hague.

The painter Adrianus Zwart lived in Rijswijk in the first half of the 20th century, and his Rijswijk era is considered to be one of the last work phases from the Hague School .

Attractions

• In the center is a church with a tower from around 1300 , with inside u. a. a beautiful organ.
• In the old Rijswijk there are still some stately houses and villas from the 18th century .
• The local history museum is located in one of these houses where the poet Hendrik Tollens (born in Rotterdam on September 24, 1780) died on October 21, 1856.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

20th

10

0

15.7

15.1

11.7

10.9

10.8

8.9

8.0

6.3

5.7

7.0

BVR

GL

VVD

D66

WIJ.

CDA

GR

PvdA

RB

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-0.4

+7.8

+0.5

-0.6

+10.8

-0.9

-8.3

-3.2

+5.7

-11.2

BVR

GL

VVD

D66

WIJ.

CDA

GR

PvdA

RB

Otherwise.

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

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
Beter voor Rijswijk	-	-	5	5
GroenLinks	2	2	2	5
VVD	4th	5	3	4th
D66	1	3	4th	4th
Wij.Rijswijk	-	-	-	3
CDA	4th	3	3	3
Municipality concerns Rijswijk	4th	5	5	2
PvdA	6th	4th	3	2
Rijswijk's concern	-	-	-	2
Onafhankelijk Rijswijk	8th	6th	2	1
Libertarian party	-	-	-	0
Partij Sociaal Cultureel Centrum	-	-	-	0
SP	-	1	2	-
total	29	29	29	31

mayor

Michel Bezuijen ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since September 16, 2013 . His colleagues include the councilors Marloes Borsboom ( GroenLinks ), Björn Lugthart ( Wij.Rijswijk ), Jorke van der Pol (VVD), Armand van de Laar ( D66 ) and the municipal secretary Mariël Middendorp .

sons and daughters of the town

• Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840–1899), literary scholar and philologist
• Felix Thijssen (* 1933), writer and screenwriter
• Rolf Wouters (* 1963), moderator
• Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (* 1968), writer and poet
• Jeffrey de Zwaan (* 1996), darts player

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Drievliet theme park website (Dutch)

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. ↑ Michel Bezuijen beoogd burgemeester Rijswijk. In: Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters. Retrieved June 8, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ^ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Rijswijk, accessed on June 8, 2018 (Dutch)