Drimmelen () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

and a town in southern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

. A large portion of the

Biesbosch National Park De Biesbosch National Park is one of the largest national parks in the Netherlands and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tide, tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe. The Biesbosch ('forest of Scirpus, sedges' or 'rushwoods') consis ...

is part of this municipality.

Population centres

Towns: *

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(population: 11,710) *

Terheijden Terheijden is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Drimmelen, about 6 km north of Breda. History The village was first mentioned in 1332 as van der Heyden, and means "(cultivated) heath land ...

(6,410) *

Lage Zwaluwe Lage Zwaluwe is a village in the municipality Drimmelen, North Brabant, the Netherlands. The Lage Zwaluwe railway station and the Moerdijk bridges lie to the west of the village. History The village was first mentioned in as 1291 Zwaluwe, and ...

(4,060) * Wagenberg (2,250) * Hooge Zwaluwe (1,670) * Drimmelen (570) Hamlets (population data concerning these hamlets is included in the population data of the towns near which they are located): * Blauwe Sluis * Oud-Drimmelen * Helkant

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Drimmelen, June 2015.''

Transportation

The Lage Zwaluwe railway station is situated on the

Breda–Rotterdam railway The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the ''Staatslijn I'' ("state line I") in Dutch. The line was opened between 1866 and 187 ...

and the railway to Roosendaal.

Notable people

Godfried Schalcken Godfried Schalcken (8 October 1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits. Schalcken was noted for his night scenes and mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight. He painted in the highly ...

(1643 in Made – 1706) a Dutch genre and portrait painter *

Pieter Rudolph Kleijn Pieter Rudolph Kleijn or Kleyn (1785 – 1816) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Netherlands who died young. Kleijn was born in Hooge Zwaluwe as one of seven children of the mayor, lawyer and poet Johannes Petrus Kleyn and the poet ...

(1785 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1816) a 19th-century landscape painter * Petrus van Schendel (1806 in Terheijden - 1870) a Dutch-Belgian Romantic style genre painter *

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel Johannes Gijsbert Vogel (25 June 1828 – 15 May 1915) was a Dutch landscape painter. Vogel was born in Hooge Zwaluwe, (Drimmelen), as the son of the local mayor and moved to the Hague, where he became a pupil of Andreas Schelfhout. He became ...

(1828 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1915) a Dutch landscape painter *

Antal van den Bosch Antal P.J. van den Bosch (born 5 May 1969) is a Dutch-language researcher. He has been director of the Meertens Institute since January 2017. He previously was a professor at Tilburg University and Radboud University Nijmegen. Career Van den Bosc ...

(born 1969 in Made) a Dutch-language researcher and former academic

Sport

Kees Pellenaars Cornelis Petrus "Kees" Pellenaars (10 May 1913 – 30 January 1988) was a Dutch road cyclist and coach. In 1934 he won the amateur road race at the world championships, which was the first world road title for the Netherlands. The same year he tur ...

(1913 in Terheijden – 1988) a Dutch road cyclist and coach * Antoon van Schendel (1918 in Lage Zwaluwe — 1990) a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. *

Wim Hofkens Wim Hofkens (born 27 March 1958) is a former football player who played five games for the Dutch national side. Hofkens is one of only eight Dutch football players to be selected for the national team while never having played in the Dutch Ered ...

(born 1958 in Made) a former football player with 474 club caps * Gianni Romme (born 1973 in Lage Zwaluwe) a Dutch marathon runner and a former long track speed skater, won two gold medals at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

* Hans Horrevoets (born 1974 in Made – 2006) a Dutch sea sailor *

Tim Lips Tim Lips (born 7 October 1985 in Made) is a Dutch eventer. Biography Both his parents were active in equestrian as well and Lips knew he wanted to be successful in the sport from a young age.

(born 1985 in Made) a Dutch eventer, competed at the

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and the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Pieter Braun Pieter Braun (born 21 January 1993 in Terheijden) is a Dutch athlete competing in the combined events. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. He also competed in the decathlon in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Competition rec ...

(born 1993 in Terheijden) is a Dutch decathlon athlete, competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Gallery

File:Drimmelen-Made, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM28088 IMG 0821 2022-03-28 16.02.jpg, Made, reformed church File:Jachthaven Drimmelen DSCF2638.JPG, Jachthaven, Drimmelen File:WLM - RuudMorijn - blocked by Flickr - - DSC 0080 Woonhuis met bedrijfsgedeelte, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis, rm 522687.jpg, House with business area, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis File:Zilvermeeuw Drimmelen DSCF2641.JPG, Zilvermeeuw, Drimmelen

References

External links

Official Website
Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub