Zaltbommel

Zaltbommel (Dutch pronunciation: [zɑldˈbɔməl] ⓘ), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.

Zaltbommel
Bommel
Saint Martin church
Saint Martin church
City hall
City hall
Gasthuis Tower
Gasthuis Tower
Market
Market
Maarten van Rossum museum
Maarten van Rossum museum
Water gate
Water gate
Flag of Zaltbommel
Flag
Coat of arms of Zaltbommel
Coat of arms
Zaltbommel is located in Netherlands
Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel
Location within the Netherlands
Zaltbommel is located in Europe
Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 51°48′N 5°15′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorPeter Rehwinkel (acting) (PvdA)
Area
[2]
 • Total89.04 km2 (34.38 sq mi)
 • Land79.38 km2 (30.65 sq mi)
 • Water9.66 km2 (3.73 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total29,447
 • Density371/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5300–5311, 5315–5318
Area code0418
Websitewww.zaltbommel.nl

History

The city of Zaltbommel

The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received city rights in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316. In 1599 during the Eighty Years War, Zaltbommel was besieged by Spanish forces but was relieved by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange. The bridge over the Waal at Zaltbommel (which has since been replaced) features in a celebrated twentieth-century Dutch sonnet, De moeder de vrouw, by Martinus Nijhoff.[5]

Zaltbommel was expanded to its current size on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel, Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel. The municipality is situated in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the A2 Motorway, the railway line from Utrecht to 's‑Hertogenbosch and the rivers Waal and Maas.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of Zaltbommel, Sept. 2014

Dutch Topographic map of Zaltbommel (municipality), Sept. 2014

Population centres

The municipality, consists of 13 population centres and had a population of 29,447 in 2021.

Name Population
(1-1-2015)		 Population
(1-1-2016)
Aalst 2102 2106
Bern 36 33
Brakel 3050 3066
Bruchem 1674 1668
Delwijnen 341 337
Gameren 2433 2466
Kerkwijk 629 640
Nederhemert 1612 1604
Nieuwaal 732 758
Poederoijen 1013 1039
Zaltbommel 12040 12143
Zuilichem 1704 1702
Total 27366 27562

Notable residents
Maarten van Rossum, pre-1542
Anouchka van Miltenburg, 2011
  • Maarten van Rossum (ca.1478–1555) military tactician and commander
  • Elbertus Leoninus (1519 or 1520 – 1598) jurist and statesman, helped negotiate the Pacification of Ghent
  • Marigje Arriens (ca.1520–1591) an alleged Dutch witch
  • Caspar Barlaeus (1584–1648) polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian
  • Andreas Essenius (1618–1677) Dutch Reformed theologian, controversialist and academic
  • Jacob Abraham de Mist (1749–1823) statesman, Head of State of the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
  • Lion Philips (1794–1866) tobacco merchant, grandfather of Gerard and Anton Philips
  • Sophie Pressburg (1797–1854), grandmother of Anton and Gerard Philips
  • Hendrik Antonie Lodewijk Hamelberg (1826–1896), consul general and special envoy of the Orange Free State
  • Gerard Philips (1858–1942), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics
  • Anton Philips (1874–1951), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics
  • Johannes van Maaren (1890–1963) wrestler, competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
  • Anouchka van Miltenburg (born 1967) retired politician

The arts
Thorwald Jørgensen, 2015
  • Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675), Baroque engraver
  • Warnard van Rijsen (1625–1670), a Dutch Golden Age painter.
  • Johannes Vorstermans (ca.1643– ca.1699/1719) Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
  • Gerard Hoet, (1648–1743) Dutch Golden Age painter
  • Jan Soukens (c.1650–c.1725) a Dutch Golden Age painter
  • Suzanne Leenhoff (1829–1906), pianist, married Édouard Manet at Zaltbommel in 1863[6]
  • Peter van Anrooy (1879–1954) composer and conductor of classical music
  • Fiep Westendorp (1916-2004), illustrator
  • Thorwald Jørgensen (born 1980) classical musician, specialises in the theremin
  • Zaltbommel (in the upper right-hand corner of the image) is situated on the banks of the Waal. Major north–south highways and railways cross the river in the town, just east of the town centre.
    Zaltbommel (in the upper right-hand corner of the image) is situated on the banks of the Waal. Major north–south highways and railways cross the river in the town, just east of the town centre.
  • 1649 map of Zaltbommel in Willem and Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"
    1649 map of Zaltbommel in Willem and Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"
  • Tyel & Salt Boemel, 1649
    Tyel & Salt Boemel, 1649

References
  1. "Burgemeester Van den Bosch" [Mayor Van den Bosch] (in Dutch). Gemeente Zaltbommel. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 5301LB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. Hollandse Gedichten http://home.kpn.nl/grumbl/gedichten/Hollandse%20gedichten/Hollandse%20gedichten.htm Retrieved 4 August 2017
  6. Streekarchief Bommelerwaard (Zaltbommel district archive, in Dutch) Retrieved 5 January 2017
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.