Ulvenhout is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

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province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 ...

. It is located in the

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' ...

Breda Breda ( , , , ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. ...

. The village was divided by the A58 motorway. The southern part belongs to the municipality of

Alphen-Chaam Alphen-Chaam () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Population centres Towns: * Alphen (4,000) * Chaam (3,810) * Galder (1,190) Hamlets (the population data of these hamlets is included in the population data of the towns near whic ...

and is called Ulvenhout AC.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1274 as "Ulvenholti". The "hout" part means a

deciduous forest In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flo ...

. "Ulven" is suspected to be an extinct word for species of tree. Ulvenhout was an agrarian settlement which started to develop in the 19th century along the

Hoogstraten Hoogstraten () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium). Ho ...

road. The Roman Catholic St Lawrence Church was built in 1903 and 1904 in

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style. The tall tower has a constricted spire with corner turrets. It forms a collection with the nearby clergy house, a school, a 17th century gate post and a house near the church which belonged to the ''

Buitenplaats A buitenplaats (, ) was a summer residence for rich townspeople in the Netherlands. During the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, many traders and city administrators in Dutch towns became very wealthy. Many of them bought country estates, at f ...

summer residence of

Justinus van Nassau Justinus van Nassau (1559–1631) was the only extramarital child of William the Silent. He was a Dutch army commander known for his role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, his leadership of the forces in Breda during the siege of 1624, ...

, the governor of

. Ulvenhout was home to 266 people in 1840. In 1942, it became a part of the municipality of

Nieuw-Ginneken Nieuw-Ginneken was a municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It was created in 1942 from part of the municipality of Ginneken en Bavel, and existed until 1997 when its parts north of ...

. In 1997, it was merged into

except for the part of the village south of the A58 which was transferred to the municipality of

Gallery

File:Schoenmakershuis 2012-09-27 19-31-56.jpg, Former shoemaker File:P1030689 copyDe Rosmolen.jpg, School File:Voormalig raadhuis Nieuw Ginneken.jpg, Former town hall File:Hondsdonk (Landgoed) DSCF8098.JPG, Pancake house with cyclists

References

External links

* {{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Alphen-Chaam Breda