Rosmalen

Rosmalen

Rosmalen (population 35.000) is a city in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. It is located near 's-Hertogenbosch and belongs to its municipality.

Rosmalen is a small city in Noord-Brabant. Rosmalen has approximately 35.000 inhabitants. In 2005 the city has begun the construction of a new neighbourhood: De Groote Wielen (The Big Kolks made by the flood water). 5.000 Homes and other buildings will be built. Rosmalen has a rather big and locally well known football-club; OJC Rosmalen. The 1st team of the seniors are in the highest amateur-division of the Netherlands. The youth-teams also belong to the best of amateurs in the Netherlands. Many players from OJC have played for professional football clubs, like FC Den Bosch, RKC Waalwijk, Willem II, etc.

Rosmalen is the location of the Autotron car museum/attraction park. The park also annually hosts an international tennis tournament in the summer: The Ordina Open. The park is located about 7 km east of 's-Hertogenbosch, and can be reached via the A59.

Rosmalen was a separate municipality until 1996, when it became part of 's-Hertogenbosch. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

Born in Rosmalen

* Annemarie Verstappen (* 1965), female swimmer who in 1982 won the world title in the 200 metres freestyle.
* Karen van Lith, Dutch draughts champion from 1986 to 1996.
* Caimin Douglas (born 1977), sprinter

References

External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nb/rosmalen.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_Nederlands_kampioenen_dammen_bij_de_vrouwen List of Female Dutch national draughts champions]


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