Oisterwijk
Oisterwijk (214 Oisterwijk.ogg) is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Oisterwijk • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 100x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — North Brabant • Governing Body — Municipal council • Leader Party — CDA • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Hans Janssen • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — Oisterwijk • Area Land Km2 — Oisterwijk • Area Water Km2 — Oisterwijk • Elevation M — 10 • Population Total — Oisterwijk • Population As Of — popbasemonth popbaseyear • Population Density Km2 — Oisterwijk • Population Demonym — Oisterwijker • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postcode • Postal Code — 5059–5066 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 013 • Website — 1=http: oisterwijk.nl
Population centres
Population centres
• Haaren • Heukelom • Moergestel • Oisterwijk
Topography
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021
Transport
Transport
• Railway station: Oisterwijk
City
City
Oisterwijk received city rights in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' (Oisterwijk forests and fens) and the 'Kampina', two nature reserves. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten' (Nature Monuments Society).
Notable people
Notable people
• Illustration — Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, 2018 • Maria van Oisterwijk (died 1547), Dutch Roman Catholic mystic and writer • Nicolaus van Esch (1507 in Oisterwijk – 1578), Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer. • Adriaan Poirters (1605 in Oisterwijk – 1674), Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation • Johan Antony Barrau (1873 in Oisterwijk – 1953), Dutch mathematician • Arnold Meijer (1905 – 1965 in Oisterwijk), Dutch Fascist politician • Annita van Iersel (born 1948 in Oisterwijk), wife of Paul Keating while he was Prime Minister of Australia (1991-96); later separated and divorced • Jan Schuurkes (born 1950 in Oisterwijk), Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher • Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963 in Ridderkerk), Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Oisterwijk, church: Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk • Illustration — Oisterwijk, Netherlands - panoramio • Illustration — Essche stroom • Illustration — Pomp Oisterwijk • Illustration — Gasthuisbrug over de Esschestroom in Esch • Illustration — Gevleugelde vrijheid - Oisterwijk
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- 1.Gemeente Oisterwijk. Samenstelling college.
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1- Maria RoosenArtist
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