Oisterwijk
Oisterwijk is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.
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Population centres
- Haaren
- Heukelom
- Moergestel
- Oisterwijk
Topography
''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021''Transport
Railway station: OisterwijkCity
Oisterwijk received city rights in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' and the 'Kampina', two nature reserves. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten'.Notable people
- Maria van Oisterwijk, Dutch Roman Catholic mystic and writer
- Nicolaus van Esch, Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer.
- Adriaan Poirters, Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation
- Johan Antony Barrau, Dutch mathematician
- Arnold Meijer, Dutch Fascist politician
- Annita van Iersel, wife of Paul Keating while he was Prime Minister of Australia ; later separated and divorced
- Jan Schuurkes, Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher
- Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006