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Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch
The 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles are an ice hockey team in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Previously part of the BeNe League (ice hockey), BeNe League, they have played in the Eerste Divisie (ice hockey), Eerste Divisie since the 2017–2018 season. History The club was founded in 1965 and first participated in the Eredivisie during the 1966-67 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season, 1966–1967 season. They won the league in the 1969-70 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season, 1969–1970 season, finishing with an undefeated record. Achievements *Eredivisie (ice hockey), Eredivisie champion (1): 1970. *Eerste Divisie champion (4): 1977, 1978, 1988, 2009. *HTG-Bokaal champion (2): 1991, 2000. *Coupe der Lage Landen champion (1): 1988. External links * Team profile on eurohockey.com {{BeNe League (ice hockey) Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch, Ice hockey teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs and teams in 's-Hertogenbosch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of the Maas river and near the Waal; it is to the north east of the city of Tilburg, north west of Eindhoven, south west of Nijmegen, and a longer distance south of Utrecht and south east of Dordrecht. History The city's official name is a contraction of the (archaic) Dutch ''des Hertogen bosch'' — "the forest of the duke". The duke in question was Henry I of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He founded a new town located on some forested dunes in the middle of a marsh. At age 26, he granted 's-Hertogenbosch city rights and the corresponding trade privileges in 1185. This is, however, the traditional date given by later chroniclers; the first mention in contemporaneous sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
