Rosmalen

Archaeological excavations suggest that people lived in the area of ​​modern Rosmalen even in prehistoric times. The settlement itself was first mentioned in the annals of the year 815 as Rosmalla or Rosmella .

In 1309, John II the Quiet , the Duke of Brabant , bestowed on Rosmalen the coat of arms, which depicted a plow and a four-leafed clover leaf. This emblem with minimal changes existed until 1995 and was minted on weapons produced in Rosmalen.

In 1434 the monastery of St. Birgitta was founded near Rosmalen.

During the Netherlands Revolution, the nearby town of ертhertogenbosch took the side of the Spaniards. In 1629, after a long siege by the forces of Frederick-Heinrich, the city ​​fell, and the surrounding villages were transferred to state ownership. This step negatively affected Rosmalena with its Catholic community: the Catholic Church of St. Lambert was placed under the control of Protestants, under which it remained until 1823 .

In the 18th century, Rosmalen suffered several serious natural disasters. In 1719, a drought struck him, in 1767 a storm, and in 1781 he experienced an epidemic of cholera or dysentery, which in two months claimed the lives of three percent of the population.

In 1813, the mayor first appeared in Rosmalen. By 1960, the population of the city reached ten thousand, and by 1985 - 25 thousand people. In 1995, the Parliament of the Netherlands passed a law uniting the municipalities around ертertogenbosch, including Rosmalen, into a single municipal structure.

Rosmalen is located in the lowlands and some of its districts used to be flooded by the Maas flowing in the neighborhood. Currently, new areas of the city are being built on dams.

The city has a seaside climate, cool summers and mild winters.

In the first week of August, fairs are held in Rosmalena. The city has the Autotron car museum ^[1] , which since 2005 also hosts the international exhibition of bicycles and motorcycles FietsVAK ^[2]

City football club OJC Rosmalen performs in the top amateur division of the Netherlands Championship. The city is the venue for the annual international tennis tournament, now called the UNICEF Open . In 1989, Rosmalen took the women's world championship in international drafts , which was dominated by the Soviet checkers Olga Levina , and in 2007 - the European Junior Championship in baseball .

There are two local radio stations and a local cable television channel in Rosmalen.

• Yassin Abdellaoui - football player , player of several clubs in the top division of the Netherlands Championship
• Annemarie Verstappen - swimmer ( freestyle ), three-time medalist of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles , world champion in 1982 at a distance of 200 meters
• Karen van Lit - checkers , world vice-champion of 1995 in international drafts and a participant in the match for the title of world champion in 1996
• Felix von Hayden - football player, bronze medalist of the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp , mayor of Rosmalena in 1923-1955
• Mental Theo - DJ , known for Happy hardcore style recordings

• City Website (Nid.)