Dongen
Encyclopedia
Dongen is a municipality
and a village in the southern Netherlands
. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts
Automobile was built here in 1899.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a village in the southern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts
Aerts
The Aerts was a Dutch automobile manufactured in 1899; a small number of cars are known to have been built at Dongen, but little else seems to be known about the marque....
Automobile was built here in 1899.
Population centres
- Dongen (population: 22,270)
- 's Gravenmoer's Gravenmoers Gravenmoer is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Dongen, about 3 km north of the town of Dongen. The village has a population of about 2190 inhabitants, including the farmlands to the north of the village.'s Gravenmoer was a separate...
(2,220) - Vaart (500)
- Klein-Dongen (220)
Famous Personalities
- Wardt van der harst (Re-Ward)
- Rolf Snoeren (1969) Fashion designer.
- Karel WillemenKarel WillemenKarel Angèle Antonius Willemen is a Dutch designer. He is mainly recognized for his contributions for Efteling.Willemen started at Efteling in 1988, after completing the Royal Academy for Arts and Design in Den Bosch, as a Senior Modeler, Sculptor and Decorator...
(1967) Designer