The
Bezuidenhout is a
district of The HagueThe Dutch city of The Hague consists of eight districts . Each district is divided into subdistricts . Each of these stadsdelen has its own office , where most of the local government activity is organized. These stadsdeelkantoren make many aspects of local government more accessible to residents...
, in the
stadsdeelA stadsdeel is the name used for city districts in some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands.Amsterdam calls 14 of its 15 deelgemeenten stadsdeel...
Haagse HoutHaagse Hout is one of the seven stadsdelen of The Hague. The old name for this area was Die Haghe Houte, which later became the current Haagse Hout. The district has about 42,000 residents...
(English:
Woods of The Hague). Its name describes its location, meaning
south of the Haagse BosHaagse Bos is an area and a forest in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It reaches from the Center of The Hague near Malieveld to the city of Wassenaar...
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The
Bezuidenhout is a
district of The HagueThe Dutch city of The Hague consists of eight districts . Each district is divided into subdistricts . Each of these stadsdelen has its own office , where most of the local government activity is organized. These stadsdeelkantoren make many aspects of local government more accessible to residents...
, in the
stadsdeelA stadsdeel is the name used for city districts in some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands.Amsterdam calls 14 of its 15 deelgemeenten stadsdeel...
Haagse HoutHaagse Hout is one of the seven stadsdelen of The Hague. The old name for this area was Die Haghe Houte, which later became the current Haagse Hout. The district has about 42,000 residents...
(English:
Woods of The Hague). Its name describes its location, meaning
south of the Haagse BosHaagse Bos is an area and a forest in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It reaches from the Center of The Hague near Malieveld to the city of Wassenaar...
.
In the Second World War German
V-2 rocketAccording to head of Nazi rocket program Walter Dornberger, the V-2 rocket was the world's first ballistic missile and first human artifact to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets...
s were stationed in the park just north to this district, called
Haagse Bos. On 3 March 1945 the allies attempted to destroy V-2s and launching equipment by a large-scale bombardment, but due to navigational errors the Bezuidenhout was destroyed; 500 people were killed, 2000 were injured, and several thousands were made homeless, just two months before the liberation.
In the southwest of the Bezuidenhout lies the modern Beatrixkwartier
Major streets in the district include:
- Juliana van Stolberglaan
- Bezuidenhoutseweg
- Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië
- Prins Clauslaan
- Theresiastraat