Sittard
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.svg){kind=small} Limburg
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Sittard Geleen
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Area - land - water |
17.7 km 2 17.62 km 2 0.08 km 2 |
| Residents | 36,015 (Jan. 1, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 0 ′ N , 5 ° 52 ′ E |
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| prefix | 046 |
| Postcodes | 6131-6137 |
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Sittard ( Limburgish Zitterd ) is a town in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, directly on the German border near Selfkant . It had 36,015 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018) and has been part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen since 2001 , which has 92,606 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) on an area of 80.58 km² .
history
The place was created in Carolingian times between 700 and 1000. Around 1200 it belonged to the Duchy of Limburg and received city rights in 1243 . In 1400 Sittard was sold together with the towns of Born and Susteren for 70,000 gold guilders to the Duchy of Jülich , where it remained until the French invaded in 1794.
In 1543, during the Third War of the Geldrian Succession , the Habsburg troops of Mary of Hungary (1505–1558), general governor of the Netherlands since 1531 , suffered a defeat in the Battle of Sittard on Easter Sunday against the troops of William V (1516–1592), who were allied with France . from Jülich-Kleve-Berg . In 1677 the city was almost completely destroyed in the war waged by the French King Louis XIV against the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
In 1794, Sittard (like the whole of the Left Bank of the Rhine ) was conquered by French revolutionary troops; the French era began. In 1798 Sittard became the canton capital ( Chef-lieu ) in the Département de la Roer of the French Republic. At the end of the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon, Sittard came to the Kingdom of the United Netherlands in 1815 (in the Congress of Vienna ) , became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Belgium from 1830 to 1839 and has been part of the Netherlands since 1839 . From May 1940 to the end of 1944, the Netherlands was occupied by Wehrmacht troops.
Sports
The city's best-known club is the football club and current first division club Fortuna Sittard , which plays its games in the Fortuna Sittard Stadium . In April 2018, the club rose to the Dutch Eredivisie (top division).
Attractions
- St. Petruskirche (chapter church since 1299, with 80 m high tower)
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (neo-Gothic)
- Grasbroek Castle
- St. Rose Chapel
- Regina Carmeli Bezinningshuis of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus, the "Sisters from Kollenberg"
Sittard in the film
The Kollenberg district and villa district bordering Germany served as a filming location for Flodder in addition to the First Floor Features studio site in Almere . From around 2005, the streetscape of the former backdrop changed with new buildings.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the dissolution of the municipality, the following distribution of seats resulted from 1981:
| Political party | Seats | ||||
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| 1981 a | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | |
| Partij Nieuw Sittard | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7th | 9 |
| CDA | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8th |
| GroenLinks | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| VVD | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| PvdA | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PPR | - | - | - | - | |
| D66 | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Algemeen Ouderen Verbond / Unie 55+ | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Lijst Wagemans (Vrouwenpartij) | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Anti Racist Party | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Lijst Mager | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| SP | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| Progressive Sittard | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Alternatively Sittard | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lijst Clevers | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Seed-producing Groepering Sittard | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| PSP | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Lijst Voots | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| CPN | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| total | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Matthias von Sittard (1522–1566), Dominican, theologian, writer and imperial court preacher
- Bernhard Pothast (1824–1904), priest, musician and composer 1
- Charles Beltjens (1832–1890), writer and poet 1
- Felix Rutten (1882–1971), writer and poet 1
- Jos Wielders (1883–1949), architect
- Nicolaes Reubsaet (1843–1887), sound artist and musician 1
- Frederic Hoefer (1850–1938), Lieutenant Colonel 1
- Alphons Laudy (1875–1970), writer 1
- Gulielmus Cobben (1897–1985), Roman Catholic Bishop of Helsinki
- Toon Hermans (1916–2000), cabaret artist, singer and poet (honorary citizen of Sittard) 1
- Leo Horn (1916–1995), international football referee
- Germ Hofma (1925-2018), football player
- Jan Nolten (* 1930), racing cyclist
- Jan Notermans (1932-2017), footballer
- Eddy Beugels (* 1944), racing cyclist
- Willy Dullens (* 1945), football player
- Jan Krekels (* 1947), racing cyclist
- Huub Stevens (* 1953), football coach
- Rineke Dijkstra (* 1959), photographer
- Mike van Diem (* 1959), film director and screenwriter
- Wim Hof (* 1959), extreme athlete
- Willy Janssen (* 1960), soccer player
- Arnold Vanderlyde (born 1963), boxer
- Danny Nelissen (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Laurence Stassen (* 1971), politician
- Peter van Wees (* 1973), skeleton driver
Other personalities related to Sittard
- Helga Paetzold (1933–1990), art weaver (lived in Sittard until her death)
- Rens Blom (* 1977), track and field athlete
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen (Dutch)
- Stichting Historie Sittard (Dutch)
- General Motherhouse of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus (German, Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ After 16 years: Fortuna Sittard is back in the honor division. In: Aachener Zeitung . Zeitungsverlag Aachen , April 29, 2018, accessed on April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on August 28, 2018 (Dutch)