Antwerp Province,between 1815 and 1830 known as Central Brabant,is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region,also called Flanders,and of Belgium. It borders on the North Brabant province of the Netherlands to the north and the Belgian provinces of Limburg,Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp,which includes the Port of Antwerp,the second-largest seaport in Europe. It has an area of 2,876 km2 (1,110 sq mi),and with over 1.92 million inhabitants as of January 2024,is the country's most populous province. The province consists of three arrondissements:Antwerp,Mechelen and Turnhout. The eastern part of the province comprises the main part of the Campine region.
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch retired swimmer. He is a triple Olympic champion and former world record holder.
Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province,Midden-Zeeland,it has a population of about 48,000.
Valkenswaard is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands,in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of 31,221 in 2021,with an area of 56.50 km2 (21.81 sq mi) of which 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) is water.
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch,King Willem-Alexander,she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.
Geel is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp,which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns:Sint-Amand,Sint-Dimpna,Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are the parish-towns of Ten Aard (N),Bel (E),Winkelomheide (SE),Stelen,Oosterlo and Zammel (S),Punt (SW) and Larum (W). In 2021,Geel had a total population of 40,781. The total area is 109.85 km2 (42 sq mi). Geel’s patron saint,the Irish Saint Dymphna,inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized method of care for the mentally ill.
Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen is a retired Dutch politician and historian. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms was a Dutch football defender who made a name for himself when he played for Feijenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team.
Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel is a Dutch television,radio and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries Anne Frank:The Whole Story (2001) and in the film Simon (2004). He won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role in Simon.
Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker. He obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national team,scoring eleven goals,in the 1970s. A prolific goalscorer,Geels was known for his heading skills. He is also known for being the first of only two footballers to play for the big three in Dutch football - Ajax,PSV and Feyenoord.
Martin van Geel is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Van Geel made his professional debut on at 24 August 1977 Willem II,and also played for Ajax,Roda JC and Feyenoord.
The Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning is a Dutch government ministry. It was re-established in 2024 after having been disbanded in 2010. The current minister is Mona Keijzer.
Joost van Geel,was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter in the style of Gabriel Metsu.
The Dagblad van het Noorden,abbreviated as DvhN,is a Dutch regional daily newspaper that is published and circulated in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands. The newspaper is owned by Mediahuis. Erik Wijnholds has been editor-in-chief since 2017. It had a circulation of 96,515 copies in 2015.
Van Geel or van Geel is a Dutch toponymic surname. It means "of Geel". It may refer to the following people:
Pieter Scheemaeckers,Pieter Scheemackers,Pieter Scheemaeckers I or Pieter Scheemaeckers the Elder was a Flemish sculptor who played an important role in the development of Baroque church sculpture in the late 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands. He was also known for his marble funerary monuments and small scale ivory works. He was the father of Peter Scheemakers who became a leading sculptor of portraits and church monuments in 18th century London.
Kapitein Rob was a Dutch adventure comic strip,created and drawn by Pieter Kuhn and written by journalist Evert Werkman. The series ran from December 11,1945 until January 21,1966. Together with Marten Toonder's Tom Poes and Hans G. Kresse's Eric de Noorman it is considered to be among the Big Three in the history of Dutch comics.
Sándor Popovics was a Hungarian-Dutch association football manager and a professional footballer in the position of forward.
The Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) was founded in 1904. It was founded by Jacob Pieter van den Bosch,Herman Hana,Klaas van Leeuwen,Theo Molkenboer,and Willem Penaat. At the turn of the century the idea of artist-craftsmen was emerging. The existing Dutch societies and clubs for painters and architects did not adequately represent these artisans and they formed V.A.N.K.,the first society for designers in the Netherlands.
Jan Frans van Geel was a Flemish sculptor,draugthsman and art educator. He is mainly known for his church furniture,statues of saints,mythological ensembles and allegorical figures. He was a teacher and director at the Academy of Arts of Mechelen and teacher of sculpture at the Academy of Arts of Antwerp. He was one of the last Flemish sculptors who worked in the Flemish Baroque style in sculpture,which was popular in the Habsburg Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.
