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Vught is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. It is a town where lots of commuters live and has recently been named "Best place to live" by the Dutch magazine Elsevier. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ... Image File history File links COA-vught. ... Image File history File links COA-vught. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ...

Population centres

• Cromvoirt, 797 people
• Vught, 24.442 people

Politics

The mayor of the town is Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart (since 2006). There are several (local) politic parties active in Vught: SP (5 seats) Gemeentebelangen (4 seats), VSA (4 seats), VVD (4 seats), CDA (3 seats), Fractie van Erp (1 seat). The Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a socialist party in the Netherlands. ... The Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), literally Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy, is a free market liberal party in the Netherlands. ... CDA stands for: .cda is a filename extension for a CD Audio Track Shortcut. ...

World War II

Vught is known for its concentration camp (Herzogenbusch) build by Nazi-Germany during World War II. It was part of camp Herzogenbusch, but usually better known as "Kamp Vught" (Camp Vught). The camp mainly held Dutch and Belgian political prisoners, both men and women. The guard staff included SS men and a few SS women, headed by Oberaufseherin Margarete Gallinat. Suze Arts was distinguished for her cruelty in the camp. Two female overseers included Elisabeth Koorn and Katja Schot. It is now known as National Monument Camp Vught. Vught was freed by Canadians at the end of 2nd World War. Below is the list of subcamps of Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch complex (Herzogenbusch concentration camp), in Dutch known as Kamp Vught. ... Suze Arts was a concentration camp guard at two camps during the last three years of World War II. Suze Arts was born in Tilburg, Holland (Netherlands) sometime between 1920 and 1924. ... Elisabeth was a female Dutch SS woman at three concentration camps during World War II. Elisabeth (Gisberta) Koorn was born in Rotterdam, Holland on April 1, 1923 or April 8, 1923. ... Katja Schot was a female overseer at two Nazi concentration camps from late 1943 until April 1945. ...

Camp nowadays

After World War II the barracks of Camp Vught were used by Maluku people (origin: Indonesia) for living, as they still are. Next to Camp Vught a prison was build, first used for young criminals, nowadays for criminals that require 'heavy protection'.

Landmarks and Nature

Just outside the town border lies the lake IJzeren Man (litterally translated Iron Man). It was named after the machine that dug it in the 19th century. The sand ground was used elsewhere in Netherlands. The lake is about 2 kilometers long, has a small island and is now mainly used for recreation. Vught has a castle, called Maurick, its history goes back till 13th century. In 1629 the castle was occupied by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Frederick Henry wanted to have the castle as his headquarter for his besiege of Den Bosch. Nowadays the castle is a fancy restaurant. Frederick Henry (January 29, 1584–March 14, 1647), Prince of Orange, the youngest child of William the Silent, was born at Delft about six months before his fathers assassination. ... s-Hertogenbosch (literally Dukes Woods; Dutch and sometimes in French: Bois-le-Duc), unofficially also called Den Bosch, is a municipality in the Netherlands, the capital of the province of North Brabant. ...

Ewald Marggraff

In the town of Vught a rich man of nobility used to live, Ewald Marggraff. Ewald was a hermit, possessing a lot of land and buildings, constantly at war with the (local) authorities. Ewald studied law and fought his war with the authorities mostly because of land. Ewald chose to let all his possesions degenerate, which was of course disliked by the local authorities involved. Nature however liked it, animals were living there that elsewhere was gone, unfortunately all of the land in and around Vught neighbourhood was prohibited to access. On December 7, 2003 Ewald's life ended in a tragic way: Ewald's estate (Zionsburg) burned down while Ewald was found in the corridor next to the door. Ewalds land is now owned by a non-profit organization Marggraff stichting, founded by Ewald's sisters. The organisation opened up the land for public, this enables people all around Vught to hike in forrests that was always there but never was accessible. There are plans made to rebuild the estate. In cooperation with SIX Architects BNA from Zeist, The Netherlands, a plan had been made to reconstruct the ruin. These plans are now under consideration with the local authorities. Ewald Marggraff Mr. ... A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ... Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht. ...

Accommodation

Vught has one motel with 128 rooms, 7 suites and 7 conference rooms.

Transportation

Vught has a railway station with connections to Amsterdam/Utrecht via Den Bosch and Maastricht via Eindhoven. Two highways, A2 and A65/N65 are connected to Vught.

Famous people born in Vught

• Joost Prinsen (9 June 1942), Actor

External links

• Official Website
• Kamp Vught
• SIX ARCHITECTS BNA, rebuilding Marggraff's estate

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