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nameVught
settlement_typeTown and municipality
image_skylineVught, kerk1 foto4 2011-05-30 13.35.JPG
image_captionFormer Saint Peter church in Vught
image_flagVught gemeentevlag.svg
flag_size100x67px
image_shieldVught wapen.svg
shield_size100x80px
image_mapMap - NL - Municipality code 0865 (2021).svg
map_altHighlighted position of Vught in a municipal map of North Brabant
map_captionLocation in North Brabant
pushpin_mapNetherlands#Netherlands North Brabant
pushpin_map_altPosition of Vught in the maps of the Netherlands and North Brabant
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameNetherlands
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1North Brabant
government_footnotes{{cite web
urlhttps://vught.nl/burgemeester-rj-van-de-mortel
titleBurgemeester R.J. van de Mortel
trans-titleMayor R.J. van de Mortel
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publisherGemeente Vught
access-date7 June 2014
archive-date22 November 2023
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url-statusdead
governing_bodyMunicipal council
leader_partyVVD
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameChantal Nijkerken de Haan
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area_footnotes
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area_water_km2
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urlhttp://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
titlePostcodetool for 5261EP
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author
workActueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisherHet Waterschapshuis
access-date7 June 2014
archive-date21 September 2013
archive-urlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
url-statusdead
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population_footnotes
population_total
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population_demonymVughtenaar
timezoneCET
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timezone_DSTCEST
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postal_code_typePostcode
postal_code5260–5266
area_code_typeArea code
area_code0411, 073
website
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| population_demonym = Vughtenaar | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 5260–5266 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 0411, 073 | website = | footnotes = Vught () is a municipality and a town in the Province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands, and lies just south of the industrial and administrative centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. Many commuters live there, and in 2004 the town was named "Best place to live" by the Dutch magazine Elsevier.

Population centres

Topography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Gem-Vught-OpenTopo.jpg" caption="420px]]
''Map of the municipality of Vught, 2021''"] ::

History

Early history

The first mention of Vught in the historical record dates to the eleventh century. By the fourteenth century, the Teutonic Order had acquired the parish and set up a commandery across from the Saint Lambert Church. In 1328, the residents of Vught were granted the right of municipality by the Duke of Brabant.

Eighty Years War

During the Eighty Years War Vught was the site of struggles between Catholic interests and the troops of William of Orange. In 1629 the Saint Lambert Church became a Reformed Protestant church, after the troops of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, were victorious in 's-Hertogenbosch.

World War II

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/NM_Kamp_Vught_Wachttoren.JPG" caption="Watchtowers and barbed wire fences at [[Herzogenbusch concentration camp]] in Vught"] ::

Vught was the site of a transit/concentration camp (Herzogenbusch) built by Nazi Germany during its occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It was part of Camp Herzogenbusch, but usually better known as "Kamp Vught". The camp held male and female prisoners, many of them Jewish and political activists, captured in Belgium and the Netherlands. The guards included SS men and a few SS women, headed by Oberaufseherin Margarete Gallinat. The SS initially used it as a transit camp to gather mostly Jewish prisoners for classification and transportation to camps in Poland and other areas.

For supporting another female prisoner, a group of 74 women were punished by being placed in a cell barely nine square meters and held there for over fourteen hours. Ten of the women died, and several suffered permanent physical or mental damage. The camp commander responsible was demoted by Himmler to the regular rank of soldier and sent to the Hungarian front, where he died in 1945.

Dutch underground members Corrie and Betsie ten Boom were held at Vught in 1944, before being sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Vught was also a transition camp for many of the female laborers at the Agfa Kamerawerke in München-Giesing, where they built ignition and camera devices. Poncke Princen, who would later become known for going over to the Indonesian guerrillas opposing Dutch rule, was imprisoned at Vught for his anti-Nazi activities.

Vught was liberated by the Canadians at the end of the war, but only after German guards killed several hundred prisoners held there, mainly by firing squad.

Camp in post-war times

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bezinningsruimte.jpg" caption="Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught]]. It shows the names of all those who did not survive imprisonment at the Kamp Vught"] ::

After World War II, the camp was first used as a prison for Germans and collaborators. Some of the camp has been preserved as a national monument related to the Nazi occupation during World War II.

The barracks of Camp Vught were later adapted into a number of home units to house Indonesian Moluccan exiles, former soldiers of the Netherlands armed forces and their families who were transferred to the Netherlands after Indonesian independence.

Department of corrections — PI Vught

Main article: Nieuw Vosseveld

From 1953, part of the former detention camp was developed as a juvenile prison called Nieuw Vosseveld.' Today, as PI Vught, it is a high-security prison with 15 separate units and up to 750 prisoners. Amongst those imprisoned there are:

Politics

On 2 April 2025 Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan was inaugurated as mayor of Vught. The aldermen are Mark du Maine (VVD), Yvonne Vos (CDA) and Jos den Otter (Gemeentebelangen).

Landmarks

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Zionsburg_(Vught)_voor_de_brand.jpg" caption="Zionsburg, Vught"] ::

Just outside the town border lies the lake IJzeren Man (literally 'Iron Man'). It was named after the machine that dug it in the years 1890 to 1915 for sand used as fill for the expansion of the nearby city of 's-Hertogenbosch. The lake is about 2 kilometers long, has a small island and is now mainly used for recreation.

Maurick Castle dates back to the 13th century. In 1629 it was occupied by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange as his headquarters for his siege of 's-Hertogenbosch. The castle now houses a restaurant.

Vught is home to the Bredero barracks, which houses the Ministry of Defence's CBRN defense training center.

After the village of Helvoirt and surroundings had been transferred from the former municipality of Haaren to Vught in 2021, the eastern part of the Loonse en Drunense Duinen national park became part of the municipality.

Ewald Marggraff

Ewald Marggraff was a well-to-do nobleman who lived in Vught. A hermit, he acquired a large amount of land and several buildings. He had frequent disputes with the local authorities, mostly over his decision to let his properties deteriorate. This enabled his land to return to natural habitat, with animal species living there that had disappeared elsewhere. On 7 December 2003 Marggraff's manor (Zionsburg) burned down; his body was later found inside.

Marggraff's surviving sisters founded a non-profit corporation, Marggraff stichting, to take over and manage their late brother's extensive landholdings, providing public access to the forests, and rebuilding Zionsburg.

Transport

Vught has a railway station with connections to Amsterdam/Utrecht via 's-Hertogenbosch, Maastricht via Eindhoven, Tilburg and Nijmegen. Highway 2 / E25 and Highway 65 / N93 intersect at Vught. Also two Arriva buslines connecting Vught to the Jeroen Bosch Hospital, school district and central station, all located in neighbouring Den Bosch.

Notable residents

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Public service

The arts

Sport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/De_Vroome_WMQ14_(12)_(14604969944).jpg" caption="Indy de Vroome, 2014"] ::

Gallery

File:Vught, kerk2 foto5 20-11-05-30 13.25.JPG|Vught, church: Vughtse toren File:Roucouleur rectorswoning-Vught.JPG|Roucouleur rectorswoning, Vught File:Uitzichtmaurickplein.JPG|Maurick square, Vught File:IJzerenman vught.JPG|IJzeren Man lake, Vught

References

References

  1. {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
  2. {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
  3. (19 June 2004). "De beste gemeenten". Elsevier Weekblad.
  4. "Welkom op de site van de P.I. Vught "Nieuw Vosseveld"".
  5. "PI Vught".
  6. "Chantal Nijkerken de Haan".
  7. "College van burgemeester en wethouders".
  8. Ebbutt, Giles. (January 30, 2019). "Bagira wins Netherlands CBRN contract". [[Jane's Information Group]].
  9. "Zionsburg".
  10. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2723213/ IMDb Database] retrieved 23 December 2019
  11. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697859/ IMDb Database] retrieved 23 December 2019

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