Etten-Leur ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛtə(n) ˈløːr] ) is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant . Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur .
5-517: Etten may refer to: Etten-Leur , a south Netherlands town in North Brabant province that includes former town Etten, a home of Van Gogh Etten, Netherlands , a village in Gelderland province, which was a municipality until 1818 Nick Etten (1913-1990), an American baseball player See also [ edit ] Van Etten Topics referred to by
10-596: A missionary in the United States. The painter Vincent van Gogh briefly lived in Etten, making him the most famous citizen in the history of Etten and Leur. During World War II, the two villages were freed from German occupation in late October 1944 by elements of the U.S. 104th Infantry Division . The economic decline was halted when, in 1950, the Dutch government decided to encourage population growth and industrial development. As
15-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Etten-Leur The villages were always part of one municipality, originally called "Etten c.a." ( cum annexis ), this later to change to "Etten en Leur". The current name was adopted in 1968. By that time, the villages had grown into one. Both villages, created in the Middle Ages, were relatively prosperous during
20-536: The period of the Dutch Republic , the exception being the period of the Eighty Years' War in which the area was a major battleground. This prosperity was caused by the fact that Etten was a centre for the production of peat , and Leur was a local trading port, as it had a harbour. Decline in economic importance marked both villages during the nineteenth century. In 1836 Arnold Damen left Leur in order to work as
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