The history of Veldhoven, the province of Noord-Brabant and the Netherlands plays an important role in highlighted points of interest found in the app Geheimen van Veldhoven. However, since It’s not possible to thoroughly illuminate the historical backgrounds in the app, we have provided a summary of the relevant history here on this website.
This is the summary from Jean Coenen’s book “Veldhoven, van Toterfout tot heden” (Veldhoven from Toterfout to the Present).
The current municipality of Veldhoven was established on May 1, 1921, when the three independent municipalities of Veldhoven – Meerveldhoven, Zeelst and Oerle were merged into one new municipality. More precisely, it combined the four original church settlements centers and four parishes; Each of them independent since the 16th century. In the Middle Ages, these four settlement, in combination with Blaarthem, Vessem, Knegsel and Wintelre, were all part of the schepenenbank (magistrates’ bench) of Oerle.
This magistrate, or also called the magistrates’ bench, was located in the Kempenland’s quarter-, one of the districts within the Meierij (territory) of Den Bosch, within the Duchy of Brabant. The history of this district goes back far beyond the Middle Ages, as man had settled here already for ten thousand years. Numerous traces of prehistoric cultures and early civilizations have been found or excavated over the years. If you look carefully, you can still see remains from early history in the modern-day landscape.