History of the town of Oss

Oss, statue Oss

Some archaeologists have found in the territory of Oss the funerary remains of the Bronze Age , the Iron Age and Roman times , indicating four centuries of habitation.

In ^the seventh century , Willibrord of Utrecht , Apostle of the Netherlands , stayed in the area. His stay is the memory of St. Willibrord wells at the south of Oss. The current well of this name is more recent.

Oss is an early regional center. In 1350 the resort was right on throwing the surrounding villages and in 1399 , the town received its town charter of the Duchess Joanna of Brabant. In the medieval walled town is nothing left, since Oss has suffered greatly from the War Eighty Years and fire that ravaged the city. After the great fire of 1751 , we had to rebuild the city and only recently has found the foundations of a small medieval castle.

Grote Kerk or H. Maria Onbevlekt ontvangen Kerk in Oss

Great Church or St. Mary Immaculate Conception date of 1859 , at which time Oss has about 4 000 inhabitants. Oss while the center is a poor region. The industrial boom of Oss begins with the arrival of the first factories of butter and meat, to 1870. This is interrupted by the Great Depression one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven - one thousand nine hundred thirty-two , which was especially hard for Oss, during which the Osscher bende, a small band of criminals headed by Toon Soep, terrorizing some farmers in the area. Oss has long kept a bad reputation. After the war of one thousand nine hundred and forty - 1 945 , Oss regains its momentum.

Cradle of global industries

Butter, oil and margarine

The 19 ^th century, small farmers sold their North Brabant butter and took for their own consumption of animal fat. In France , they had invented the manufacture of a grease-based vegetable oil, which was a good replacement for butter: margarine only this was an unattractive grayish color. Around 1870 , two merchants of butter, van den Bergh and Jurgens, are competing in Oss. Jurgens will buy France 's patent margarine and installs in 1871 in Oss, the first margarine factory in the world. Van de Bergh, for have a competitive advantage, is developed by Van der Grinten, apothecary at Venlo , a yellow coloring for margarine and started his own factory. Jurgens and Van den Bergh founded in 1927 the Nederlandsche Unie Boter. The oil is also raw material for soap, this form Boterunie in 1929 with the English company Sunrises soap International Society Unilever. Meanwhile, Van der Grinten has invested his money earned on the dye in the foundation of an industry of copying machines in Venlo , ATOs. ^{Meat and drugs}

The slaughter of the nineteenth ^century in Oss were transformed into factories of meat and Zwanenberg Hartog, who in turn attract a manufacturer of packaging and cans in Drijver Thomassen. In addition, it collects the pancreas , the pituitary and other organs of animals killed to extract the hormones. This is done in the laboratories of Organon , founded by Saas van Zwanenberg in 1923 , the largest producer of insulin in the world, became a large firm of drugs. KU and K with A oninklijke Z out, O rganon AKZO formed, which in turn bought the company NOBEL AKZO-NOBEL resulting in.

Dynamic Regional Centre

Oss is the commercial center for an area of 150,000 inhabitants, but also an active center of work. On 1 January 2005 there 4776 firms with a total of 38,175 employees. Oss currently has a dozen industrial zones. In the 1960s, we dug a port and channel on the Meuse : the Burgemeester Delenkanaal. Currently studying the possibility to widen the canal to accommodate more vessel traffic.

Cultural life

Oss, Museum Jan Cunen

Oss has three museums:

• The City Museum in January Cunen Museum of Archaeology, history and art.
• The art museum in the old town hall.
• The Museum of Stained Glass and email (locality Ravenstein ).

Oss s'enorgeuille Lievenkamp of his theater, puppet theater Marag, its popular open-air theater Hoessenbosch (locality Berghem ), cinema Utopolis, its cultural center Groene Engel, the center of performing arts Muselinck, but also its Carnival and its carnival in mid-August.

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  Oss, Burchtplein

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  Oss, Skyline

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  Oss, Walplein

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  Oss, Sacred Heart Church (Heilig Hart)

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  Central Station Oss

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  Oss, Water Tower

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  Oss, statue Titus Brandsma front of the school that bears his name

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  Oss, statue peddler

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  Oss, mill Nieuw Leven

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  Oss, mill Zeldenrust

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  Oss, Burgemeester Delenkanaal near the Port of Oss

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  Oss, Osser meer

References

• Official site

Municipality of Oss
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