Bokhoven is a village in the

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, in the municipality of

'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 th ...

. It is located about seven kilometres northwest of the city center, on the south bank of the river Maas.

History

Until 1795 Bokhoven was a quasi independent state. In the fourteenth century

Bokhoven Castle Bokhoven Castle was a big defendable castle in Bokhoven, the Netherlands. A moat and part of the northern wall of the outer bailey are all that reminds of the castle. Construction The date that Bokhoven Castle was founded is not known, but is s ...

had been built in the village. It became the center of the Lordship (later county) of Bokhoven, which was a loan of the

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. After the Dutch revolt in 1579 Bokhoven become an

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of the

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within the

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. The counts remained

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after the

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. This way the county provided an opportunity for Catholic inhabitants living in the surrounding areas under the control of the

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to attend Catholic services. In 1795 the Lordship Bokhoven was annexed by the

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. In 1800 it was sold to the

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, a precursor state of the present

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in which Bokhoven became a municipality. In 1922 it was annexed by the municipality

Engelen Engelen is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. It is part of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. Location and plan Engelen is located in the north of North Brabant. It borders the villages Vlijmen and Bokhoven as ...

, which again was annexed by ’s-Hertogenbosch in 1971. In earlier times a settlement of farmers and fishermen, the present population of the village, about three hundred people, consists mostly of

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commuters. Former municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub