Oisterwijk

Oisterwijk
Oisterwijk
Municipality
	Gazebo in Oisterwijk
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
	Coordinates: 51°35′N 5°12′E / 51.583°N 5.200°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Hans Janssen (CDA)
Area
• Total	65.13 km2 (25.15 sq mi)
• Land	63.84 km2 (24.65 sq mi)
• Water	1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	32,373
• Density	507/km2 (1,310/sq mi)
Demonym	Oisterwijker
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5059–5066
Area code	013
Website	oisterwijk.nl

Oisterwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːstərˌʋɛik] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.

Population centres

Haaren
Heukelom
Moergestel
Oisterwijk

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021

Transport

Railway station: Oisterwijk

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

Maria van Oisterwijk (died 1547), Dutch Catholic mystic and writer
Nicolaus van Esch (1507 in Oisterwijk – 1578) a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer.^[5]
Adriaan Poirters (1605 in Oisterwijk – 1674) a Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation
Johan Antony Barrau (1873 in Oisterwijk – 1953) a Dutch mathematician and geometer
Arnold Meijer (1905 – 1965 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch fascist politician
Annita van Iersel (born 1948 in Oisterwijk) former wife of Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia
Jan Schuurkes (born 1950 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963 in Ridderkerk) a Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006

Gallery

Oisterwijk, church: Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk
Oisterwijk, Netherlands - panoramio
Essche stroom
Pomp Oisterwijk
Gasthuisbrug over de Esschestroom in Esch
Gevleugelde vrijheid - Oisterwijk

References

^ "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Oisterwijk. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 5061HX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Maas, Anthony John (1909). "Nicolaus Van Esch" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5.

External links

Media related to Oisterwijk at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Tourist website

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[mayor_now-1] "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Oisterwijk. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 5061HX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] Maas, Anthony John (1909). "Nicolaus Van Esch" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5.

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