Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.
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.Hollandse Gedichten http://home.kpn.nl/grumbl/gedichten/Hollandse%20gedichten/Hollandse%20gedichten.htm Retrieved 4 August 2017
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 (municipality), Sept. 2014
Population centres The municipality, consists of 13 population centres and had a population of in . 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 (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
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 1863Streekarchief Bommelerwaard (Zaltbommel district archive, in Dutch) Retrieved 5 January 2017 Anton van Anrooy (1870–1949), painter and illustrator 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
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