City
|official_name | Oirschot
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() is a
municipality and a town in the southern
Netherlands. It is situated 12 km from the city of Eindhoven and 20 km from the city of Tilburg in the province Noord-Brabant (
North-Brabant). The municipality has 17,841 inhabitans (1 January 2007).
Sights
There are more than 300 monuments in the municipality Oirschot.
Some of the monuments are:
The Roman Catholic church named Sint-Petrus’-Bandenkerk. This 15th and 16th century church is the biggest building in the town of Oirschot and the tower of the church is 60 meters high.
The old town hall build in 1513 in the centre of town (Oirschot)
Maria-church (Maria-kerk). A 12th century church in the centre of the town of Oirschot.
Monastery Nazareth (Klooster Nazareth) with a chapel in Neoroman style (1910).
Former Brewery De Kroon (Brouwerij de Kroon) built in the year 1773
Hof van Solms, palace of Arnoldus Feij (or Arnold Fey)
De Grote Stoel (De Big Chair) the biggest chair of Europe.
Huize Groenenberg, a very fine house built in 1613.
Chapel of the Holy Oak (Kapel van de Heilige Eik), stone chapel dated 1606 (earlier there was a wooden chapel at the same place).
Events
Jazz Festival Oirschot
Country Weekend Oirschot
There are many more festivals in Oirschot every year.
Politics
''City Council''
The municipal elections on March 6, 2006 resulted in the following make-up of the City Council (17 seats in total):
Dorpsvisie (local party): 4 seats
CDA: 4 seats
PvdA: 4 seats
De Gewone Man (local party): 3 seats
VVD: 2 seats
''Mayor''
The mayor of the municipality Oirschot is named Ruud Severijns. He is member of the political party
PvdA.