Editing Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch (section)

== Landscape ==
The Bailiwick of 's-Hertogenbosch consists mainly of the poor sandy grounds of the Peel and [[Kempen (Dutch/Belgian region)|Kempen]]. Those areas, which in old times{{vague|date=March 2014}} were not densely populated, consisted of enormous heaths and marshlands, interrupted by woods and fenlands. In the north and east the area is surrounded by the river [[Meuse|Maas]]. Numerous little rivers rise in the high sand areas and find their way to the rivers Aa and [[Dommel]]. Both rivers come together in the marshlands around 's-Hertogenbosch where they form the river Dieze that ends up in the Maas.

Since the Middle Ages the waste lands of Peel and Kempen have been cultivated. Only small parts of the once enormous heaths and marshlands have survived until modern times. In the first part of the 19th century the rivers Aa and Dommel were cultivated but nowadays they have gone back to their old run for the purpose of nature development. Legal re-division of land forms a major threat for the cultural and historical aspects of landscape at the moment.