Nuenen
Nuenen | ||
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Postal code 5670-5674[1] | ||
| Dialing code | 040 | |
Nuenen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnynə(n)]) is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, a battle was fought there during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is called Peellands. In 2009, Nuenen had a population of 22,437.[3]
History
Nuenen is listed in the 1792 Gazetteer of the Netherlands, which lists it as "a village of Brabant, two leagues W. from Helmont".[4]
World War II
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Dialect
The spoken language is
Notable residents
In 1882 Van Gogh's father became a pastor in Nuenen and the family lived at the vicarage there. After a stay in Drenthe for several months, Van Gogh moved to live with his parents in December 1883 and stayed there until May 1885.[7] During that time he painted many character studies of peasants and weavers that culminated in The Potato Eaters, and paintings of still life. He also painted his father's church, vicarage and its garden, one such work being Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen (Het uitgaan van de hervormde kerk te Nuenen) depicting the church, which is situated in a park area on the corner of Papenvoort Street and Houtrijk Street in the north of Nuenen.[8] This painting was stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in December 2002 and recovered in Italy in September 2016. There is a street named after it in the town, as well as a cafe, college and bar. A statue of Van Gogh is located in the central park of the town.
Theoretical computer scientist
Dutch cyclist Steven Kruijswijk was also born in Nuenen and had lived there in his youth.
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The Vicarage at Nuenen, 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F182) -
Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen, 1884, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F25) -
The Rectory Garden in Nuenen in the Snow, January 1885, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (F194) -
The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen, May 1884.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5671AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ISBN 978-3-8349-8692-4.
- ^ A Gazetteer of the Netherlands: Containing a Full Account of All the Cities, Towns, and Villages, in the Seventeen Provinces, and the Bishoprick of Liege, ... G.G. & J. Robinson. 1794. pp. 240–.
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- ISBN 9012090105
- ^ "The Vicarage at Nuenen, 1885". Permanent Collection. Van Gogh Museum. 2005–2011. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-300-14282-2.
- ^ "World-renowned University of Texas at Austin computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra dies" Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. University of Texas at Austin. Aug. 7, 2002
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