Ulvenhout
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = St Laurentius Church
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| image_shield = Ulvenhout_wapen.svg
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| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Breda
Alphen-Chaam
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4851AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 14 April 2022 }}
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| area_total_km2 = 12.45
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| population_total = 5,220
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| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
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| area_code = 076
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Ulvenhout is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Breda. The village was divided by the A58 motorway. The southern part belongs to the municipality of Alphen-Chaam and is called Ulvenhout AC.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1274 as "Ulvenholti". The "hout" part means a deciduous forest. "Ulven" is suspected to be an extinct word for species of tree.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ulvenhout |title=Ulvenhout - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}} Ulvenhout was an agrarian settlement which started to develop in the 19th century along the Breda - Hoogstraten road.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0175.php |title=Ulvenhout |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Roman Catholic St Lawrence Church was built in 1903 and 1904 in Gothic Revival style. The tall tower has a constricted spire with corner turrets. It forms a collection with the nearby clergy house, a school, a 17th century gate post and a house near the church which belonged to the Buitenplaats' summer residence of Justinus van Nassau, the governor of Breda.
Ulvenhout was home to 266 people in 1840. In 1942, it became a part of the municipality of Nieuw-Ginneken. In 1997, it was merged into Breda except for the part of the village south of the A58 which was transferred to the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ulvenhout |title=Ulvenhout |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Schoenmakershuis 2012-09-27 19-31-56.jpg|Former shoemaker
File:P1030689 copyDe Rosmolen.jpg|School
File:Voormalig raadhuis Nieuw Ginneken.jpg|Former town hall
File:Hondsdonk (Landgoed) DSCF8098.JPG|Pancake house with cyclists
References
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External links
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{{Dutch municipality Alphen-Chaam}}
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