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About Roosendaal

Roosendaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːzə(n)ˌdaːl] ) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. == Towns/villages of the municipality == Roosendaal (population: 66,760) Wouw (4,920) Heerle (1,900) Nispen (1,440) Wouwse Plantage (1,230) Moerstraten (660) == The city of Roosendaal == Under King Louis Bonaparte of the Kingdom of Holland, Roosendaal received city rights in 1809. Nispen merged with Roosendaal to form the municipality Roosendaal en Nispen. On 1 January 1997 the municipalities Roosendaal en Nispen and Wouw merged into the municipality now simply known as Roosendaal. === History === Roosendaal goes back to the 12th and 13th century. The name Rosendaele was first mentioned in a document of 1268. Roosendaal was always a part of North Brabant. In the Middle Ages, Roosendaal grew as a result of the turf business, but the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) put an end to the growth as Roosendaal and Wouw were suffering from itinerant combat troops that plundered and ravaged everything they came across. For decades the countryside of Roosendaal was abandoned. During the German occupation (World War II), the occupiers operated a subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp for Jews in the city.