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In 1569 the new parish of St. James was founded in 's-Hertogenbosch. It got the Chapel as its parish church. The western limit of the parish was at the Geerlingse Bridge, but apart from this small part of the city it also included grounds outside of the city stretching towards Rosmalen. [2] By 1584 the chapel had been enlarged to the current ...
The French period began in 1794, when the French Revolutionary army conquered ’s-Hertogenbosch. ’s-Hertogenbosch thus became a part of the Batavian Republic. Catholic citizens got equal rights, and North Brabant got an equal representation in the government. However, this did not mean that the Protestants lost ownership of St. John's.
The Bastionder's first exhibit, the Bastion Oranje, was built in 1634 by the Dutch Republic after they conquered 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. The Republic's subsequent review of the defense of 's-Hertogenbosch found that the distance between the two existing bastions - the 'Vught' and 'Baselaar' bastions - was too great to be defended only by the late-fourteenth-century tower located at the ...
It was called '(New) Meerwijk' after the medieval castle which was situated close to Empel, and which he demolished. [2] The new Lord then called himself J.W. Hannes van Empel. After the death of his wife in 1788 he lived in the Hinthamerstraat in 's-Hertogenbosch. [1] Johan Abraham Hannes (1743–1820) was the representative for his father ...
In 1318 the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap (Brotherhood of the famous Blessed Lady) was founded in 's-Hertogenbosch. Its religious works mainly took place in a chapel in St. John's Cathedral. The first meeting room of the brotherhood was in a tower of the church. In 1379 they made some changes there, to keep out the pigeons. [1]
's-Hertogenbosch is situated on the busy A2 motorway, the most important north–south connection of the Netherlands. This connection was established with the opening of the Dieze Bridge in 1942. From 1961 the Utrecht-'s-Hertogenbosch section was 2 times 2 lanes. In 1970 the A2 was rerouted to the east of the city.
This also applies to the Netherlands as a whole, because many of Bosch's works were taken to Spain as spoils of war during the Eighty Years' War. [10] The idea for Jheronimus Bosch Art Center came from the Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. The New St. James Church had been empty for some time, and was no longer used by the Catholic Church after ...
Willem Twee Poppodium is a pop venue in the Dutch city 's-Hertogenbosch. The venue got its current name in 2017. It was formerly known as W2 poppodium (pop venue) and Willem II Concertzaal (concert venue). [1] Willem Twee Poppodium is situated in a former cigar factory Willem II. Since 2017 they acquired an old synagogue to incorporate it as a ...