Vught

Vught parish

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Roderick van de Mortel ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Vught
Area  - land  - water	34.46  km 2 33.95 km 2 0.51 km 2
CBS code	0865
Residents	26,427 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	767 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0411, 073
Postcodes	5260-5266
Website	Homepage of Vught

Vught ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Netherlands , province of Noord-Brabant . It has 26,427 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Their total area is 34.50 km². The picturesque farming village of Cromvoirt to the west also belongs to Vught.

Location and economy

Vught is located on the Dommel River , about 3.5 km south of the provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch . In Vught the railway line divides from Herzogenbusch to Tilburg in a south -westerly direction and Eindhoven in a south-south-east direction. Vught has a small train station here; a stop on the line to Tilburg is "in study". The A2 Herzogenbusch – Eindhoven motorway also runs through Vught (with the A65 / N65 junction towards Tilburg).

Vught is a suburb of Herzogenbusch. Over half of the working population works in the northern neighboring city. There are several nursing homes in Vught, including a psychiatric hospital. The Herzogenbusch city prison is also in Vught.

history

The name Vught goes back to the moisture of the area in the former wetlands of the Dommel ( vught = "moist"). Very little is known about the history of Vught before the 19th century, apart from a customs law granted to the place in 1028 .

In 1844 eight " lunettes ", crescent-shaped fortifications were built in Vught . They belonged to the fortress of Herzogenbusch. Vught became an important location for the army, u. a. the engineer troops ; There are still several former barracks in the village.

To the south of the village, sand was extracted from around 1890 by a steam engine-controlled system. Popularly this machine was called “de ijzeren man” (the iron man). The lake created by sand extraction, now a recreational area with a beach, was given the same name.

In January 1943, the Herzogenbusch concentration camp was established in Vught by the German occupation forces . This was partly set up after Indonesia's independence in 1949 as a place of residence for Moluccan immigrants (locals and Dutch loyal to Holland, including many professional soldiers). Since many of these Moluccans, even after the evacuation to the Netherlands, claimed to be the KNIL ( Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger , German: Royal Dutch-Indian Army ), they refused to consider themselves civilians and stayed in the barracks , including those of the former concentration camp. In 1970 they then had to move into "normal" apartments. Many Dutch people of Moluccan origin still live in Vught.

Attractions

Landhuis Leeuwenstein, town hall of Vught

• The remains of the former Herzogenbusch concentration camp ( Kamp Vught in Dutch ) can be visited. A national monument is located at the “Fusilladeplaats” (shooting site).
• The Dutch Genius Museum (Museum of the Pioneer Troops) is located in a former barracks. Open only to a limited extent (see the website).
• Objects from the former concentration camp can also be found in the local history museum (Vughts Historisch Museum) in the center of the village; alongside paintings, archaeological finds, toys from the 19th century , etc.
• South of the former concentration camp is a beautiful forest and heather area, with u. a. the recreational area De IJzeren Man .
• Vught and Cromvoirt both have a beautiful village church from around 1500.
• To the east of the village is Maurick Castle (built around 1500; completely restored around 1890), which is surrounded by a beautiful, small forest and now houses a luxury restaurant.

Personalities

• Alexander Freiherr von Senarclens-Grancy , the German naval officer, diplomat ( naval attache ), most recently adjutant to Kaiser Wilhelm II , was born on August 25, 1880 in Vught

photos

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  Vught, Lambertuskerk - Vughtse toren

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  Vught, Sint Petruskerk

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  Vught, castle: Kasteel Maurick

Town twinning

• Oranienburg , Germany

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Information on the concentration camp and the memorial (German)
• National Monument Kamp Vught Memorial of the former Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch, German, English, French)
• Pioneer Troop Museum (Dutch)
• Recreation area IJzeren Man (Dutch)

Individual evidence

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