Oisterwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːstərˌʋɛik] ) is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.
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Population centres
Haaren
Heukelom
Moergestel
Oisterwijk
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021
Transport
Railway station: Oisterwijk
City
Oisterwijk received city rights in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' (Oisterwijk forests and fens) and the 'Kampina', two nature reserves. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten' (Nature Monuments Society).
Notable people
Maria van Oisterwijk (died 1547), Dutch Roman Catholic mystic and writer
Nicolaus van Esch (1507 in Oisterwijk – 1578), Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer.
Adriaan Poirters (1605 in Oisterwijk – 1674), Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation
Johan Antony Barrau (1873 in Oisterwijk – 1953), Dutch mathematician
Arnold Meijer (1905 – 1965 in Oisterwijk), Dutch Fascist politician
Annita van Iersel (born 1948 in Oisterwijk), wife of Paul Keating while he was Prime Minister of Australia (1991-96); later separated and divorced
Jan Schuurkes (born 1950 in Oisterwijk), Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963 in Ridderkerk), Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006