's-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌshɛrtoːɣənˈbɔs]  ( listen), literally "The Duke's Forest") — translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch, in Spanish as Bolduque and in Italian as Boscoducale — is a municipality in the Netherlands, and also the capital of the province of North Brabant. It is located in the south of the Netherlands, some 80 km south of Amsterdam. The Dutch colloquially seldom say 's-Hertogenbosch but ra... more

's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌshɛrtoːɣənˈbɔs]  ( listen), literally "The Duke's Forest") — translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch, in Spanish as Bolduque and in Italian as Boscoducale — is a municipality in the Netherlands, and also the capital of the province of North Brabant. It is located in the south of the Netherlands, some 80 km south of Amsterdam. The Dutch colloquially seldom say 's-Hertogenbosch but rather Den Bosch ( [dɛnˈbɔs] (help·info)). Bokhoven, Crevecoeur, Deuteren (former village), Dieskant, Empel, Engelen, Gewande, 's-Hertogenbosch, Hintham, Kruisstraat, Maliskamp, Meerwijk, Orthen (former village), Oud-Empel and Rosmalen. The city's official name is a contraction of the Dutch des Hertogen bosch - "the Duke's forest". The duke in question was Henry I, Duke of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He founded a new town located on some forested dunes in the middle of a marsh. At... less