Veghel

Veghel

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Veghel





mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 78.92
area_land_km2 = 78.18
area_water_km2 = 0.74
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 36679
population_density_km2 = 469
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Veghel ( audio-IPA|230 Veghel.ogg| [ˈvɛɣəl] ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.

Since 1994 Veghel and the neighbouring village of Erp have formed a single municipality.

Veghel is twinned with Goch in Germany.

Population centres

*Boerdonk
*Eerde (North Brabant)
*Erp
*Keldonk
*Mariaheide
*Veghel
*Zijtaart

The town of Veghel

History

The first settlements date back to Roman times and were established near the River Aa. The municipality was officially founded in 1310 when Duke John II of Brabant granted the inhabitants the right to use common grounds. Rulers of the municipality were the Lords of Erp, residing at their castle of Frisselsteijn in Veghel.

In 1648 Veghel became part of the Republic of the Netherlands. As a former part of the duchy of Brabant, Veghel is situated in the Meierij of 's-Hertogenbosch. As a Catholic village, Veghel (like all the other areas of Brabant and Limburg which were transferred to the Netherlands by the Peace of Westphalia) suffered economic and religious oppression from the Protestant Dutch and was counted part of the Dutch military boundary area.

It was not until the French wars of 1795 that Veghel became a free village again and received a guarantee of full common rights from the Dutch government. In 1810 Veghel became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. From the middle of the 19th century the agrarian village began developing into an industrial village as a consequence of the opening of the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. The construction of large-scale buildings like the neogothic church by Pierre Cuypers and the neoclassical town hall dates from that period. Monastic orders made Veghel a regional centre of health care and education, which it remains to this day.

In 1940 Veghel was occupied by German troops. With the beginning of Operation Market Garden in 1944 Veghel was one of the dropping-places for Allied paratroops owing to its strategic location.

The period since the 1950s has seen much growth, with the development of new industries and the establishment in Veghel of several international companies. Its shopping-centre and marketplace earned the town the name of "Pearl of the Meierij". Veghel is an educational centre for the surrounding district with several secondary schools, a senior secondary vocational school, and one of the oldest Higher Vocational schools in the area: the Pedagogic Academy, which was founded in 1872.

Local Festivals

Every December sees the celebration of the entry of St Nicholas (Sinterklaas), on 1 September the harbour festivals take place, and in February the traditional carnival is held.

Sights

*The neogothic church of St Lambert and its graveyard containing war graves
*The neorenaissance former town hall
*The neogothic former synagogue (recently rebuilt)
*The Protestant Waterstaat church
*The monastery of the order of the Franciscans with its gardens and church

External links

* [http://www.veghel.nl/ Official website]


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