Loosbroek

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Loosbroek
Village
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Loosbroek
Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
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Loosbroek
Loosbroek (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°41′0″N5°30′0″E / 51.68333°N 5.50000°E / 51.68333; 5.50000 Coordinates: 51°41′0″N5°30′0″E / 51.68333°N 5.50000°E / 51.68333; 5.50000
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Bernheze
Area
[1]
 • Total0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total1,015
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5472 [1]
Dialing code 0413
Major roadsA50, N279

Loosbroek is a village and parish in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality Bernheze, North Brabant. [3]

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Before 1994 the territory of Loosbroek was divided between three municipalities, Nistelrode, Heesch and Heeswijk-Dinther. [4]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1196 as "paludis que vocatur Loesbruch", and means "empty swampy land". [5]

In 1648, after the Protestant Reformation, Loosbroek became part of the States of Brabant within the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch. In 1795 the French invaded the Dutch Republic and "freedom of faith" was restored in Loosbroek. In 1814 Loosbroek became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

On 23 September 1923, two American officers and participants in the Gordon Bennett Cup crashed near Loosbroek when lightning struck their gas balloon. They had departed form Brussels. The gas balloon race was a disaster because three balloons were struck by lightning. Five people died and one person was severely injured. [6] [7]

Loosbroek was home to 256 people in 1840. [4] Until 1898 Loosbroek was part of the parish of Dinther. In that year the village was allowed to start their own parish.

Attractions

Towns nearby

Nistelrode, Dinther, Heeswijk, Vorstenbosch, Kaathoven

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 5472LA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Gemeente Bernheze" (in Dutch). Gemeente Bernheze. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Loosbroek". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Loosbroek (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Luchtballon op Loosbroek" (in Dutch). Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Scores of Lives Deliberately Risked and Sacrificed in Pursuit of Knowledge to Protect Others From Disease and Death". Popular Mechanics. Popular Mechanics Co. 44 (July): 49–54. 1925.
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