Editing Helmond

{{Short description|City in North Brabant, Netherlands}}
{{for multi|the American actress|Katherine Helmond|the Afghan province|Helmand Province}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Helmond
| native_name      = ''Héllemond'' ([[East Brabantian|Helmonds]])
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Helmond Castle]]
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0794 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Helmond in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|29|N|5|39|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.helmond.nl/burgemeester
 |title = Mw. Elly Blanksma- Van den Heuvel
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Helmond
 |access-date = 28 May 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel]]
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| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Helmond}}
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| population_demonyms      = Helmondenaar, Helmonder, Helmonter
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 5700–5709
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0492
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.helmond.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Helmond, zicht op kanaal door Helmond vanaf de Kasteeltraverse foto8 2016-10-16 13.53.jpg|View to the canal through the city|thumb]]
'''Helmond''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɛlmɔnt|-|200 Helmond.ogg}}; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|city]] and [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Metropoolregio Eindhoven]] of the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Brabant]] in the Southern [[Netherlands]].

Helmond is home to several textile and metal companies. The Vlisco factory is located next to the [[Zuid-Willemsvaart]] canal, which runs through the city.<ref>[http://www.vlisco.com Vlisco Véritable Hollandais]</ref>

The spoken language is Helmonds (an [[East Brabantian]] dialect).<ref>Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, {{ISBN|9012090105}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Etymology and coat of arms ===
Helmond's coat of arms, first appearing in 1241, displays a helmet, and is a canting arms for the city's name, as ''helm'' means helmet in Dutch. However, the actual etymology of Helmond's name is probably derived from the combination of ''Hel'', which means "low-lying" (from [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] ''*haljæ'' / ''Hel''), and ''Mond'', which referred to higher ground or a secure place.<ref>[http://www.jvdn.nl/Downloads/WG/2006/TWG2006_047-065.pdf ''Onder de Biesbosch''], ''Historisch-geografische en naamkundige bouwstenen voor een reconstructie van het in 1421 verdronken middeleeuwse cultuurlandschap van de Groote Waard''. Tijdschrift voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis (2006); webversie 2007. ([[PDF]]) In Dutch. Retrieved 11 March 2015.</ref>

The helmet on the coat of arms originally was depicted as a medieval [[great helm]], however, the design eventually came to depict a jousting helmet. The oak sprigs symbolize freedom, while the bird perched on them is thought to be purely decorative.

=== Medieval and early modern periods ===
During the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] period, the site of what is now Helmond was an only partially habitable convergence of streams. As the streams began to silt over, settlement was made possible, and by the year 1000, a settlement arose west of what is the current city center. Additionally, a precursor to the current [[Helmond Castle]], named ''<nowiki/>'t Oude Huys'' ("the old house"), was built around this time. Documents from 1108 mention Lord Hazelo von Helmond, the first feudal lord of the [[Allod|allodium]] of Helmond.

In 1179, a [[Papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Alexander III]] mentions Helmond being donated to the [[Floreffe Abbey|Abbey of Floreffe]]. At this point, the local feudal administration was probably moved to t' Oude Huys. In 1220, Helmond came under the control of [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant|Henry I of Brabant]]. In 1225, the town was founded by Henry, it received its [[Town privileges|Town Privileges]] in 1232. Following his death in 1235, it was passed down to his daughter, [[Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress]], who spent much time at t' Oude Huys and whose founding of [[Binderen Abbey]] benefited the growth of the city. Upon her death in 1260, the town passed back to the Dukes of Brabant, who, in 1315, leased it to the van Berlaer family. In 1325, Jan II Berthout van Berlaer started the construction of a stone keep on the site of the current Helmond Castle, supplanting t' Oude Huys. By 1400, the city ramparts were built.

Having gained market rights in 1376, Helmond's textile industry began to develop, and in 1389, seven guilds were authorized to operate in the town. Merchants from Helmond sold wool and textiles throughout Brabant. Despite the commercial growth, the town's population remained small. Helmond's prosperity soon ended due to war and instability in the [[Duchy of Guelders]], and following [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]'s ascension to the Duchy of Brabant, Helmond was put under siege and sacked by the army of [[Maarten van Rossum]] in 1543.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Castles.nl - Helmond Castle |url=https://www.castles.nl/helmond-castle |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.castles.nl}}</ref>

=== Under the Dutch Republic and the Revolutionary era ===
Helmond was also embroiled in the [[Eighty Years' War|Eighty Years War]]. Since it remained loyal to [[Philip II of Spain]], the army of the [[Dutch Republic]] twice captured and lost the city, with only the castle remaining uncaptured. The effects of the war and a plague outbreak in 1636 decimated the textile industry in Helmond, and many weavers fled to [[Haarlem]]. Only with the peace of 1648 could the city start to recover.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasteel Helmond |url=https://www.absolutefacts.nl/kastelen/data/helmond.htm |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.absolutefacts.nl}}</ref> The weavers of Helmond gained a fruitful partnership with merchants in Haarlem, and the city could rebuild from the war. Catholics were pushed underground. Although the city recovered its prosperity, it was once again plunged into instability during the ''[[Patriottentijd]]'' of the late 18th century. Following several skirmishes and political maneuvers in the city, the Patriots were crushed through the intervention of [[Prussia]] in 1787, but only five years later in 1793, the French Republic invaded. The liberal French administration allowed the Patriots to re-assert themselves in the city, and in 1795, universal male suffrage came to Helmond. By 1798, the vestiges of the Dutch Republic were abolished, and Catholics were once again allowed to take part in city governance. 

=== 19th and 20th centuries ===
By the late 18th and early 19th century, local entrepreneurs also started to grow the textile business unassisted by the Haarlem merchants, facilitating industrial production. It became a city with a seat in the Estates of Brabant in 1814.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webmaster |first=Contentbooster |title=Helmondse bescheidenheid anno 1815 {{!}} Geschiedenis Helmond |url=https://www.geschiedenishelmond.nl/artikel/2315/Helmondse-bescheidenheid-anno-1815 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.geschiedenishelmond.nl |language=nl}}</ref> The 1826 opening of the [[Zuid-Willemsvaart]] canal, which runs through the city, brought more prosperity to the city. In addition to the weaving mills and the associated yarn dyeing and bleaching plants, other branches of the textile industry also developed, such as cotton printing. 

The introduction of steam power and construction of a railway station in 1866 greatly accelerated the development of Helmond, and its population greatly increased. By the early 20th century, industry in Helmond started to branch out from textiles: metal products, such as machines and wires, were produced in the city, along with a cocoa factory, a margarine factory, and the grocery chain EDAH.

In 1940, Helmond was captured by the [[Wehrmacht]], and its city administration was taken over by [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands|NSB]] collaborators. The city was liberated by the British Army on 24 and 25 September 1944.

After the war, industry once again flourished, with new companies establishing themselves in the city while old industries continued. Pursuing a modern image, prominent projects such as the Cube Houses were built. Helmond gained its 80,000th resident in 1999, and continues to grow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naam Helmond, geschiedenis van stad en wapen op de Helmonder Site |url=https://www.helmonder.nl/HelmonderSite/geschiedenis.htm |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.helmonder.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roosenboom |first=Henk |title=Het Helmondboek |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |year=2008 |isbn=978 90 400 8527 7 |location=Zwolle |language=Dutch}}</ref>

[[Image:Helmond Brandevoort De Plaetse 6-22.jpg|thumb|[[Brandevoort]], a new urban quarter of Helmond]]
The new quarter [[Brandevoort]] (built 1993 to 2017) is quite remarkable for its cohesive [[New Urbanism]] principles and the architecture adapting to the traditional local style of Brabant.

== Geography ==
[[File:Helmond-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|Dutch topographic map of Helmond (city), March 2014]]
Helmond is subdivided into quarters and neighbourhoods:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=70904NED&D1=0,2-3&D2=12447-12500&D3=l&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T |title=CBS StatLine - Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2004-2010 |publisher=Statline.cbs.nl |access-date=2011-09-16}}</ref>

*Quarter 11 [[Inner city|Inner City]]
**Neighbourhood 0	Centrum
**Neighbourhood 2	Leonardus
**Neighbourhood 3	Heipoort
**Neighbourhood 4	Stationsgebied
**Neighbourhood 5	Vossenberg
**Neighbourhood 6	Annabuurt en Suytkade
**Neighbourhood 7	Steenweg en omgeving
*Quarter 11 Helmond-East
**Neighbourhood 0	Beisterveld
**Neighbourhood 1	Beisterveldse Broek
**Neighbourhood 2	Straakven
*Quarter 12 Helmond-North
**Neighbourhood 0	Bloemvelden
**Neighbourhood 1	Binderen
**Neighbourhood 2	Eeuwsels
*Quarter 13 [[Mierlo-Hout]]
**Neighbourhood 0	't Hout-Centrum
**Neighbourhood 1	Kroon
**Neighbourhood 2	Akkers
**Neighbourhood 3	Gansenwinkel
**Neighbourhood 9	Groot Goor
*Quarter 14 [[Brouwhuis]]
**Neighbourhood 0	Brouwhuis-Dorp
**Neighbourhood 1	Brouwhuis-West
**Neighbourhood 2	Brouwhuis-Oost
**Neighbourhood 4	Brouwhorst
**Neighbourhood 9	Kloostereind
*Quarter 15 Helmond-West
**Neighbourhood 0	West
**Neighbourhood 1	Houtsdonk
*Quarter 16 Warande
**Neighbourhood 0	Oranjebuurt
**Neighbourhood 1	Zwanenbeemd
**Neighbourhood 9	Overbrug
*Quarter 17 [[Stiphout]]
**Neighbourhood 0	Stiphout-Dorp
**Neighbourhood 1	Schooten
**Neighbourhood 9	Geeneind
*Quarter 18 [[Rijpelberg]]
**Neighbourhood 1	Rijpelberg-Oost
**Neighbourhood 2	Rijpelberg-West
**Neighbourhood 9	Berkendonk
*Quarter 19 [[Dierdonk]]
**Neighbourhood 0	Kern Dierdonk
**Neighbourhood 9	Scheepstal
*Quarter 21 [[Brandevoort]]
**Neighbourhood 1	De Veste
**Neighbourhood 2	Schutsboom
**Neighbourhood 3	Stepekolk
**Neighbourhood 4	Berenbroek
*Quarter 29 [[Industrial park]]-South
**Neighbourhood 1	Hoogeind
**Neighbourhood 2	B.Z.O.B.

== Transport ==
'''Railway stations''': [[Helmond railway station|Helmond]], [[Helmond Brouwhuis railway station|Helmond Brouwhuis]], [[Helmond Brandevoort railway station|Helmond Brandevoort]], [[Helmond 't Hout railway station|Helmond 't Hout]]

== Local media ==
'''Newspapers:'''
* ED - Helmond Plus
* ZondagNieuws ''(translated: SundayNews)''
* De Traverse
* De Loop
'''Radio:'''
* Omroep Helmond (Radio) ''(translated: Helmond Broadcasting (Radio))''
* Internetradio Helmond Sport
'''Television:'''
* Omroep Helmond (TV) ''(translated: Helmond Broadcasting (TV))''
'''News on the internet:'''
* [http://www.allesoverhelmond.nl/ Alles Over Helmond] (part of Omroep Helmond) ''(translated: Everything About Helmond)''
* [https://www.deweblogvanhelmond.nl/ De Weblog van Helmond] ''(translated: Helmonds´ weblog)''

== Politics ==

=== Municipal council ===
The [[City council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] consists of 37 seats. Below the council since 1998:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="16"|'''Seats'''
|-
|'''Partij'''||'''1998'''||'''2002'''||'''2006'''||'''2010'''
|'''2014'''
|'''2018'''
|'''2022'''
|-
|[[GroenLinks]]||2||1||1||2
|2
|6
|7
|-
|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
|4
|5
|4
|5
|5
|5
|6
|-
|Helder Helmond
| -
| -
|2
|3
|1
|3
|5
|-
|[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
|8
|7
|8
|7
|6
|5
|3
|-
|[[Socialistische Partij (Nederland)|SP]]||3||3||4||3
|6
|5
|3
|-
|[[Democraten 66|D66]]||1||1||1||-*
|3
|3
|3
|-
|[[Partij van de Arbeid (Nederland)|PvdA]]||7||5||9||6
|3
|2
|2
|-
|[[50PLUS|50Plus]]*||2||3||1||-
|2
|3
|2
|-
|Lokaal sterk
| -
| -
| -
| -
|6
|3
|2
|-
|[[Forum for Democracy|Forum voor Democratie]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|2
|-
|[[DENK (political party)|Denk]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1
|-
|Mi Hellemonders
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1
|-
|Helmond Aktief||-||1||1||1
|2
|1
| -
|-
|Plan!
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1
|1
| -
|-
|SDOH-D66-HB*
| -
| -
| -
|8
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[Trots op Nederland]]||-||-||-||2
| -
| -
| -
|-
|SDH-OH||6||6||4||-*
| -
| -
| -
|-
|Helmondse Belangen||2||5||2||-*
| -
| -
| -
|-
|'''Total'''||'''35'''||'''37'''||'''37'''||'''37'''
|'''37'''
|'''37'''
|'''37'''
|}
*The political parties SDH-OH, Helmondse Belangen, and D66 form 1 [[parliamentary group]] in the council, but took part in the elections separately. In the elections they received 4, 2 and 2 seats respectively.
*The party 50Plus was known as senioren until the elections of 2018

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Lucas Gassel by Jan Wierix (attr.), 1572.jpg|130px|thumb|Lucas Gassel, 1572]]
[[File:Willy van de Kerkhof 1975.jpg|130px|thumb|Willy van de Kerkhof, 1975]]
[[File:Rene van de Kerkhof 1975c.jpg|130px|thumb|Rene van de Kerkhof, 1975]]
{{see also|Category:People from Helmond}}
* [[Lucas Gassel]] (ca.1490-ca.1570) Flemish Renaissance painter of landscapes
* [[Anthony Konings|Anthonius Konings]] (1821-1884) a [[Redemptorist]] professor and theological writer.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Anthony Konings |volume= 8 |last= Hanley  |first= John Aloysius |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude]] (1853–1937) a Dutch zoologist and [[herpetologist]]
* [[Matthijs Vermeulen]] (1888–1967) a Dutch composer and music journalist
* [[Willem Zeylmans van Emmichoven]] (1893-1961) a Dutch [[psychiatrist]] and [[anthroposophist]]
* [[Franz Jozef Van Beeck]] (1930-2011) a Dutch priest, author and Christian theologian 
* [[Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel]] (born 1959), politician and former bank manager, Mayor of Helmond since 2012
* [[Harry van Bommel]] (born 1962) a politician, anti-globalisation activist and former educator
* [[Diana van Berlo]] (born 1966), former member of disco/pop girl group [[Luv']]
* [[Stochelo Rosenberg]] (born 1968) a Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the [[Rosenberg Trio]]
* [[M. H. Benders]] (born 1971) a Dutch poet and philosopher

=== Sport ===
* [[Willy van der Kuijlen]] (1946–2021) Dutch football player with 545 club caps
* [[Lisette Sevens]] (born 1949) field hockey player, team gold medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[René van de Kerkhof|René]] and [[Willy van de Kerkhof]] (born 1951), twins, former footballers with 491 & 511 club caps
* [[Fieke Boekhorst]] (born 1957) field hockey player, team gold medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Berry van Aerle]] (born 1962) a Dutch retired footballer with 315 club caps
* [[Hans Gillhaus]] (born 1963) a Dutch retired footballer with 400 club caps
* [[Pieter Gruijters]] (born 1967) is a Paralympic athlete, 
* [[Wilfred Bouma]] (born 1978) a Dutch former footballer with 411 club caps
* [[Nieky Holzken]] (born 1983) a Dutch super middleweight kickboxer and professional boxer
* [[Bob de Voogd]] (born 1988) a Dutch field hockey player, team silver medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]

==Twin towns — sister cities==

Helmond is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
|
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mechelen]] in [[Belgium]]
* {{flagicon|NIC}} [[San Marcos, Carazo]] in [[Nicaragua]] (since 1987)
||
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Zielona Góra]] in [[Poland]] (since 1993)<ref name="Zielona Góra twinning">{{cite web | url =http://www.zielonagora.pl/PL/1111/# | title = Zielona Góra Miasta partnerskie | access-date = 2013-06-24 | work = Urząd Miasta Zielona Góra}}</ref>
|}
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:20140723 Bridge over Zuid-Willemsvaart in Helmond.jpg|Bridge over Zuid-Willemsvaart in Helmond
File:Berkendonkbijdrukte.jpg|Berkendonk bij drukte
File:Monumentale loskraan Slits Helmond Kanaalduik zuid 2014 - panoramio.jpg|Monumentale loskraan Slits Helmond Kanaalduik zuid
File:Helmond Der Tanz Dasha Stransky.jpg|Helmond Der Tanz Dasha Stransky
File:Helmondlambertuskerk.jpg|St. Lambert's Church
File:Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Helmond) P1060805.JPG|Church of Our Lady
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.helmond.nl Official Website] {{in lang|nl}} 
*{{Wikivoyage-inline}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Helmond|short=x}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Helmond
 | North     = [[Laarbeek]]
 | Northeast = [[Gemert-Bakel]]
 | East      = [[Deurne, North Brabant|Deurne]]
 | Southeast = [[Asten, Netherlands|Asten]]
 | South     = [[Someren]]
 | Southwest = [[Geldrop-Mierlo]]
 | West      = [[Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten|Nuenen c.a.]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]