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Best is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It's situated north-west of the city Eindhoven, and Best is also part of the agglomeration of this city. The village was part of a neighbourhood town, called Oirschot but as Best was situated on the state road from Amsterdam to Maastricht, this often gave extra difficulties. Each time a troup of soldiers wanted to stay for a while in Best, they had to request this 10 km away, in Oirschot to be allowed. This made The Hague decide to seperate Best in 1819.
Back in the roman time people had lived in Best, based on what people did dig up around the village. The first written text about Best dates back to about 775 AC, which reads: uijt eene edele stamme onder de Franken werd Sint Odulphus, patroonheilige van Best, geboren. This means: from a noble tribe under the Francs Saint Odulphus, patroness of Best, was born. The tale goes his birth place is at thesame place on which now the Saint Odulphus church is built.
Two centuries back, Best itself didn't exsist yet. There were 3 small villages, Naastenbest, in the west, Wilhelminadorp, in the south and Verrenbest, at where now the Oranjestraat is. They grew together, and formed the village with the name Best.
In 1866 Best got also a trainstation on the line Rotterdam - Breda - Boxtel - Helmond - Venlo - Maastricht. First the line had one track, but soon there was too much traffic and the line became double tracked. But in the 1980's this again wasn't enough anymore so since 2002 the station has 4 tracks.
Population centres
- Aarle
- Best
- De Vleut
External links
- Official Website (http://www.gemeentebest.nl)