Zaltbommel
flag |
coat of arms |
province | Gelderland |
mayor | Pieter van Maaren ( CDA ) |
Seat of the municipality | Zaltbommel |
Area - land - water |
89.04 km 2 79.61 km 2 9.43 km 2 |
CBS code | 0297 |
Residents | 28,479 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 320 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 51 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 15' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0418 |
Postcodes | 5301-5302, 5305-5308, 5311, 5313-5318 |
Website | Homepage of Zaltbommel |
The Maarten van Rossum house |
Zaltbommel ( Dutch municipality in the province of Gelderland and had 28,479 inhabitants on January 31, 2019, according to the CBS .
) is aplaces
The municipality of Zaltbommel includes the following places (in brackets the approximate number of inhabitants on January 1, 2017):
- City of Zaltbommel, seat of the municipal administration (12,130);
- several villages:
- Aalst (2,155)
- Brakel (3,025)
- Bruchem (1,785)
- Delwijnen (475)
- Gamers (2,260)
- Kerkwijk (415)
- Nederhemert (1,615)
- Nieuwaal (1,080)
- Poederoijen (1,020)
- Zuilichem (1,560)
- the remote Loevestein Castle
- and a very small town with only 38 inhabitants that bears the less Dutch-sounding name of Bern. There in the south the municipality borders on Heusden , which is located in the province of Noord-Brabant .
Location and economy
The town of Zaltbommel is located on the south bank of the Waal river on the A2 motorway Utrecht - 's-Hertogenbosch and on the railway between these two towns. Not far from the city, at Loevestein Castle , the Waal and Maas flow together.
Of particular importance for the economy are tourism (see below: sights), fruit growing and horticulture (there is a fruit auction in the city ) and industry (brickworks along the river; small businesses in the city).
The headquarters of the milk processing group Campina BV is located in Zaltbommel .
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:
Political party | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
SGP | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th |
Zaltbommel change with visie | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th |
PvdA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
GroenLinks | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
CDA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
ChristenUnie | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
VVD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
SP | - | - | - | 1 |
D66 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
total | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st |
College of Mayors and Aldermen
The following people belong to the college and the delegates manage the following departments:
- mayor
- Pieter van Maaren ( CDA ; took office: September 19, 2019)
- Alderman
- Gijs van Leeuwen ( SGP ): Space, Living and Cultural History
- Kees Zondag (Zaltbommel veranderen met Visie): Finances, area-specific work, sport, work and income
- Adrie Bragt ( ChristenUnie ): Care, welfare, education and public space
- Willem Posthouwer ( VVD ): Sustainability, Economy, Transport, Culture and Recreation
- Community Secretary
- Wieringa honeycomb
history
Already in 850 there is talk of a village Bomela . In 999 Otto III stayed . in Zaltbommel and gave the place the customs as well as the brewing, market and coinage rights. Count Otto II von Geldern granted Zaltbommel further important city rights in 1231 , which were completed with the right to build the wall in 1316. At the turn of the 14th century, Count Rainald I von Geldern gave some other municipalities in the region besides Zaltbommel with city rights. These cities subsequently prospered. There was extensive foreign trade via the rivers, especially the Rhine. Zaltbommel belonged to the Geldern "Quartier" (= administrative district) Nijmegen. The first syllable of the place name Zalt- is related to one of the most important commercial goods, table salt . Wine was also an important commodity. Significant capital was accumulated in Zaltbommel.
In 1412 Zaltbommel was besieged for several weeks by Duke Rainald IV of Jülich-Geldern . The famous Geldern general Martin van Rossum had a house built for himself in 1535 in Zaltbommel, which was strategically important for the Duchy of Geldern at the time . It has been preserved and now houses the local museum. In October 1537 the Geldern knights and towns, including Zaltbommel, united against the plans of Duke Karl von Egmond to bequeath the duchy to the King of France on his death. On November 14th, Zaltbommel, Roermond , Venlo , Zütphen and Tiel united to form a mutual protection and defensive alliance. On November 19, the Duke relented, and on December 12, a state parliament in Nijmegen confirmed the old inheritance.
Zaltbommel flourished until around 1600. Then came the decline, which u. a. caused by the creation of a sand bank in the river and competition from Herzogenbusch . Zaltbommel flourished again in the 19th century when several industrial companies settled in the port city. The Zaltbommeler claim that three world-famous people visited their city: the meteorologist Christoph Buys Ballot (who actually went to high school here as a boy); the composer Franz Liszt (presumably that's not true); and Karl Marx (that's for sure). The latter actually visited Lion Philips in Zaltbommel in order to receive an advance payment from him on the inheritance of his mother Henriette Marx . The son of Lion Philips Frederik Philips and his grandson Gerard Philips founded the Philips group in Eindhoven in 1891 .
Attractions
Unless otherwise stated, these are located in the old town of Zaltbommel.
- Castle Loevestein , one of interessantesten castles of the Netherlands near Poederoijen;
- Gothic Martini Church , one of the most important churches in the Netherlands in terms of art history;
- Museum in the Maarten van Rossumhuis ;
- Inn tower;
- Remnants of the city fortifications;
- Several old houses from the 17th to 19th centuries;
- The ruins of the castle in Nederhemert, which was destroyed in 1944;
- Zaltbommel harbor, a major marina;
- In April, a bike ride through the city's surroundings is worthwhile when the fruit trees are in bloom.
Zaltbommel has a bigger hotel.
Well-known sons and daughters of the city
- Gisbert Schairt (around 1380–1452), master builder
- Maarten van Rossum (around 1478–1555), general
- Godefridus van Massow (1761–1818), merchant and councilor of the city of Leyden
- Emmy Verhey , violist
- Gerard and Anton Philips , industrialists
- Lion Philips (1794–1866) manufacturer
- Jan Carel Juta (1824–1886) publisher, bookseller and brother-in-law of Karl Marx, husband of Louise Juta
- Fiep Westendorp (1916–2004), illustrator of children's books, a. a. the Annie MG Schmidt .
- Peter van Anrooy (1879–1954), Dutch composer and conductor
- Conradus Leemans (1809–1893), archaeologist, Egyptologist and museum director
literature
- Friedrich Nettesheim: History of the City and the Office of Geldern , Vol. 1, Krefeld 1863
- SHAM Zoetmulder: Zaltbommel in oude views . Europese Library, Zaltbommel 1983
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- Loevestein Castle website (Dutch, German, English)
- Martin van Rossum Museum website (Dutch)
- The famous meteorologist Buys Ballot (Dutch language Wikipedia)
- Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1599: Abcontrafeitvung Der Stat Bommel ( digitized version )
- Illustration by Nicolaas van Geelkercken from 1654: Bommel ( digitized )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nieuwe burgemeester in Zaltbommel. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, September 9, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 25, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 25, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Zaltbommel, accessed on July 24, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Wigelmann / Mohrmann: food and tableware in the Hanseatic League , Münster / New York 1993
- ^ Friedrich Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. Vol. 1, Krefeld 1863, p. 51ff.
- ↑ Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. 1863, p. 65
- ↑ Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. 1863, p. 60
- ↑ Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. 1863, p. 105
- ↑ Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. 1863, p. 221
- ↑ Jan Gielkens: Karl Marx and his Dutch relatives. An annotated source edition . Trier 1999 [rather April 2000] 442 pp. ISBN 3-86077-845-5 , p. 169.