s Hertogenbosch
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- Names
s Hertogenbosch
's-Hertogenbosch
Hertogenbosch, 's-
Den Bosch
Hertogenbosch
's Bosch
Bois-le-Duc
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located where Dommel and Aa rivers join to form Dieze. Chartered by duke Henry I of Brabant in the 12th century and grew to be important wool center and bishop's seat in 1559. Often under siege, since it was located on Catholic-Protestant line of division. Birthplace of painter Hieronymus Bosch in ca. 1450.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- BHA, Authority file (1973-); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, active Germany, ca. 1545-before 1621)
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