Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4629819
Area
Postcards
Title
Hoogstraten Keuken Rusthuis Onze Lieve Vrouw van 7 Weeën
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Year
1965
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Dimensions
13.8 x 9.0 cm
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Details
Hoogstraten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːx̟s̪t̪räːt̪ə(n̪)]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel, (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium.) Hoogstraten (originally Hoogstraeten), has a population of 18,900, and lies in Flanders at the northern border of Belgium within an enclave surrounded on three sides by the Netherlands. Today, over ten percent of the population consists of Dutch people who have chosen to live in Hoogstraten while working in the Netherlands, while the remaining ninety percent of the population is overwhelmingly Flemish.