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Bladel
Bladel () is a municipality and town in the province of North Brabant, Southern Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 20,175. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bladel, 2013.'' Notable residents * Jan Renier Snieders (1812 in Bladel – 1888) a Flemish writer * August Snieders (1825 in Bladel – 1904) a Flemish journalist and writer * Corky de Graauw (born 1951 in Bladel) a former Dutch ice hockey player, competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics * Alain van Katwijk (born 1979 in Bladel) a former Dutch cyclist * Roy Beerens Roy Johannes Henricus Beerens (; born 22 December 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Known for his quick dribbling and fast sprints, Beerens emerged as a talent from the PSV youth academy, but made h ... (born 1987 in Bladel) a Dutch professional footballer with 320 club caps Gallery File:Bladel, de toren van de vroegere kerk van Sint Petrus'Banden RM9576 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bladel
Bladel () is a municipality and town in the province of North Brabant, Southern Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 20,175. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bladel, 2013.'' Notable residents * Jan Renier Snieders (1812 in Bladel – 1888) a Flemish writer * August Snieders (1825 in Bladel – 1904) a Flemish journalist and writer * Corky de Graauw (born 1951 in Bladel) a former Dutch ice hockey player, competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics * Alain van Katwijk (born 1979 in Bladel) a former Dutch cyclist * Roy Beerens Roy Johannes Henricus Beerens (; born 22 December 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Known for his quick dribbling and fast sprints, Beerens emerged as a talent from the PSV youth academy, but made h ... (born 1987 in Bladel) a Dutch professional footballer with 320 club caps Gallery File:Bladel, de toren van de vroegere kerk van Sint Petrus'Banden RM9576 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remco Bosma
Remco Paul George Bosma (born 6 June 1971) is a Dutch politician. He has been Mayor of Bladel since 16 January 2019. Previously Bosma was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 1 March 2016 and 23 March 2017. He served in the States of Flevoland between 15 March 2007 and 1 March 2016. Career Bosma was born on 6 June 1971 in Breda. He studied to be an engineer at Wageningen University and Research Centre and has mainly worked in water management. Since February 2003 he worked as a senior inspector for the of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. Bosma was number 54 on the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy list for the 2012 Dutch general election. On 18 February 2016 Bart de Liefde left the House of Representatives. After Frans Weekers declined to take up the vacant seat Bosma succeeded De Liefde on 1 March 2016. His term in office ended on 23 March 2017. Bosma served in the States of Flevoland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Beerens
Roy Johannes Henricus Beerens (; born 22 December 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Known for his quick dribbling and fast sprints, Beerens emerged as a talent from the PSV youth academy, but made his breakthrough as part of the Heerenveen team between 2007 and 2011. After a four-year spell with AZ, he moved abroad and represented German club Hertha BSC and English club Reading, before returning to the Netherlands where he ended his career as part of Vitesse. Beerens was part of the Netherlands U21 team winning the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship at home. He made his senior debut for the Netherlands on 11 August 2010 in a friendly against Ukraine. Club career PSV Born in Bladel, Netherlands, Beerens progressed through the PSV youth academy. He promoted to the second team, Jong PSV, for the 2005–06 season and regularly practiced with the first team. He was also allowed to join training camp for the Peace Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoogeloon
Hoogeloon is a Dutch village in the commune of Bladel, in North Brabant. Hoogeloon is situated 4 km north of and is around 20 km west of Eindhoven. History Close to the village of Hoogeloon there are many tumulus dating from the Bronze Age, and among the largest in Benelux. To the east of the town are the remains of a Roman villa. Hoogeloon used to be the capital of the municipality of Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren. In 1997, it merged into Bladel. The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch). An Ancient Roman mixing tap has been found at Hoogeloon. Gallery Image:Kabouterkoning-Kyrie PeterMaas.jpg, King Kyrié, King of the ''kabouter Kabouter is the Dutch word for gnome or leprechaun. In folklore, the Dutch Kabouters are akin to the Irish Leprechaun, Scandinavian Tomte or Nisse, the English Hob, the Scottish Brownie and the German Klabauter or kobold. In the folklore of ...s'', sits in the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corky De Graauw
Cornell de Graauw (born February 23, 1951) is a former Dutch ice hockey player. He was born in Bladel. De Graauw played ten games over the two seasons between 1968 and 1970 with the Kitchener Rangers. He played professionally in the United States the following year, scoring an assist in his only game with the Fort Wayne Komets and 64 points in 72 games for the Long Island Ducks. De Graauw spent his Dutch pro career exclusively with Tigers Amsterdam, scoring better than two points a game. He scored an impressive 8 points in five games for the national team at the 1980 Winter Olympics, including two goals against the powerhouse Soviet Union team, and one against Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References * 1951 births Living people Dutch ice hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Van Katwijk
Alain van Katwijk (born 2 February 1979) is a Dutch former cyclist. His father Jan, as well as his uncles Piet and Fons, were also professional cyclists. Palmares ;2003 :1st Ronde van Overijssel :1st Omloop der Kempen :3rd Omloop van het Houtland ;2004 :1st Mountains classification Tour of Belgium :2nd stage 2 Tour Down Under :3rd stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer ;2005 :9th Paris–Brussels :5th stage 5 Tour of Belgium ;2006 :2nd Omloop der Kempen :3rd Beverbeek Classic ;2007 :7th Overall Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ... ::3rd stage 2 References External links * * Living people 1979 births Dutch male cyclists People from Bladel Cyclists from North Brabant {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Netherlands
As of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten) and three special municipalities () in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of . Schiermonnikoog is both the least pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Snieders
August Snieders (Bladel, 8 May 1825 – Brussels, 19 November 1904) was a Flemish journalist and writer. He started his career in 's-Hertogenbosch, but later moved to Antwerp. In 1845, he became editor of the newspaper ''Het Handelsblad'', of which he was head editor from 1849 until 1899. Under his management ''Het Handelsblad'' became the most important Flemish newspaper and he himself the most authoritative Flemish journalist of the nineteenth century. He was a sound supporter of the catholic and Flemish ideals in Belgium. He was a brother of Jan Renier Snieders. Bibliography * De arme schoolmeester (1851) * De gasthuisnon (1855) * Op den toren (1869) * Oud speelgoed (1878) * Alleen in de wereld (1880) * De nachtraven (1884) * Fata morgana (1887) * Dit sijn Snideriën (1893) See also * Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilvarenbeek
Hilvarenbeek () is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium. The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks. In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic. Population centres The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches: In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods: Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.'' Notable people * Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 in Gorp – 1573) a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist * Martinus Becanus (1563 in Hilvarenbeek – 1624) a Jesuit priest, theologian and controversialist * Jacques Thomassen (born 1945 in Diessen) a Dutch orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reusel-De Mierden
Reusel-De Mierden () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ... province, and has an area of . It had a population of in . Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Reusel-De Mierden, June 2015'' Genealogy Reusel-De Mierden erroneously appears in more than a million family trees as a place of origin or residence. This is due to a software error that changed "Holland" to "Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands." Notable people * Steven Mierdman (ca.1510 in Hooge Mierde – 1559) a Dutch printer of Reformation books * Harry van Gestel (born 1953 in Reusel) a Dutch artist and painter * Geert van der Weijst (born 1990 in Reusel) a former Dutch c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mol, Belgium
Mol () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. In 2021, Mol had a total population of 37,021 inhabitants. The total area is 114.19 km2. Mol is a popular holiday resort, with many lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes: *Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in 1959 and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers. *Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mid-1990s an indoor swimming pool was created. Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called "Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool. The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits (1855-1928) and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergeijk
Bergeijk () is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It consists of an area of and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, that make up the Eindhoven Region Cooperative (''Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven''). The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, Bergeijk is traditionally an agricultural area, but tourism and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village Westerhoven. Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands for a program on national radio: Radio Bergeijk, a parody on local radio. Population centres Topography ''Topographic map of the municipality of Bergeijk, June 2015.'' Notable people * Henk van Gerven (born 1955 in Riethoven) a Dutch politician and general practitioner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
