Princenhage () is a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city

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in the

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province of

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. The neighbourhood originated as a village so the neighbourhood council or village council, managed to get the neighbourhood, within the municipality council, appointed as a village. Therefor men speaks of ''"Princenhage Village in Breda"''.

History

The

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Hage was mentioned for the first time in 1198. It was part of the . The ''haag'' (hedge) that gives the name, was a fenced area that served as a hunting ground for the lords of Breda. In 1261 the village on Mertersem (the later Princenhage) became an independent parish. In 1328, Mertersem received a bench of aldermen. Until 1796 the village was governed by the sheriff a seven aldermen. In the same year the parish of Beek split off. Princenhage was an independent municipality since the 19th century. First as “Haage” with a large territory in the northwest and southwest of Breda. Gradually the territory lost pieces to the growing Breda. When the municipality’s were rearranged, during

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in 1942, the Southern part and the village Princenhage were added to the municipality Breda. The Northern part with the village “

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” (brook) became an independent municipality that was named Prinsenbeek later on. The city district of the

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partly owes its name to the lordship Hage. In 1819 the prefix "Princen" was added. .
Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten vanaf 1812 Possibly referring to the Prince_of_Orange#House_of_Chalon-Orange, Prince of Orange, since 1538 the Lord of Breda. There is an anecdote that the people of Princenhage mocked the inhabitants of 's-Gravenhage (The Hague), which stands for ''""The Count's Hedge"''. They only had a count while Princenhage had a prince.

Born in Princenhage

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(1926), Dutch former

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(1929-2015), Dutch professional

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Leo Canjels Leonard Canjels (1 April 1933 – 26 May 2010) was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda. Playing career Club Canjels started playing football at Breda side VV Baronie. He made his debut for NAC in the 1956/1957 season and p ...

(1933-2010), Dutch international footballer

Buried in Princenhage

Several ancestors and relatives of the Dutch painter

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and his brother Theo van Gogh are buried in the Haagveld cemetery. *Vincent (Ferdinand Jacob) van Gogh (1789-1874), Minister and Grandfather of Vincent and Theo *Elisabeth Huberta van Gogh-Vrijdag (1857), Grandmother of Vincent and Theo (spouse of Vincent Ferdinand Jacob) * Vincent van Gogh ''"Uncle Cent"'' (1820-1888), art dealer and uncle of Vincent and Theo * Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus (1829-1913), aunt of painter Vincent and Theo (spouse of Uncle Cent)

References

Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Breda {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub