Steenbergen

This article concerns the municipality of Steenbergen. For people with this name, see Steenbergen (disambiguation) .

Steenbergen municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Ruud van den Belt ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Steenbergen
Area  - land  - water	160  km 2 150 km 2 10 km 2
CBS code	0851
Residents	25,084 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	157 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 35 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0167
Postcodes	4650-4655, 4670-4671, 4680-4681, 4756
Website	Homepage of Steenbergen

Steenbergen ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . Since January 1, 1997, the community has existed in its current form.

Location and economy

Steenbergen is located in the northwest of the province of Noord-Brabant, where it borders on Zeeland and Zuid-Holland . The landscape is very similar to that of the neighboring provinces: polders and a mudflat landscape outside the dikes. The northern border of the municipality runs through the Volkerak , part of Grevelingen . The small river Dintel (at the mouth of which there is an industrial port in Volkerak) forms the eastern border with Moerdijk .

Main sources of income are agriculture (cattle breeding; arable farming, including the cultivation of sugar beets ) as well as industry (including a large sugar factory ).

The N259 runs through the municipality, which at Dinteloord merges into the A29 motorway towards Dordrecht and Rotterdam . Rail travelers are dependent on the bus from the train stations in Roosendaal or Bergen op Zoom .

places

The approximate number of inhabitants in brackets; Unfortunately, more recent information than that of the municipality as of December 31, 2007 is not available.

• City of Steenbergen (11,200 inhabitants), seat of the municipal administration

The villages:

• Dinteloord (5600 inhabitants)
• De Heen (600) including Heense Molen
• Kruisland (2300)
• Nieuw-Vossemeer (2400)
• Welberg (1100)

history

Steenbergen used to be a fortress town. To commemorate this fact there is a monument in front of the town hall. In addition, the shape of the "Crooked Way" is reminiscent of the time as a fortress city. The place received city ​​rights in 1272 and was at times an important port city in the 14th century . In the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) Steenbergen was expanded into a fortress . Floods and wars have resulted in the fact that hardly any buildings that were built before around 1880 have been preserved in the old town.

Nieuw-Vossemeer (mentioned for the first time in 1410) and Dinteloord were created through dikes in the 15th to 17th centuries. Nieuw-Vossemeer in particular suffered badly from the flood disaster of February 1, 1953.

Attractions

• The coastal landscape (a short walk outside the dykes is also possible) and the Volkerak, where water sports are possible (marina in De Heen, among others)
• The village church in Dinteloord, built in 1693
• The old lock Benedensas (built in 1833) at De Heen
• Some old windmills, etc. a. Assumburg near De Heen
• The Sankt- Gummaruskirche from 1900, the landmark of the city of Steenbergen; The architect of this church was Pierre Cuypers

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

• Steenbergen Anders, 4 seats
• PvdA , 4 seats
• CDA , 3 seats
• VVD , 3 seats
• Community affairs, 3 seats
• D66 , 2 seats

Sons and daughters of the church

• AM de Jong (* 1888 in Nieuw-Vossemeer; † 1943), Dutch writer
• Pierre van Hooijdonk (* 1969), former football player
• Ella Vogelaar (1949–2019), politician (PvdA)

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Web links

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

Wikisource: Steenbergen in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Local newspaper website (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)