Bezuidenhout
Sign in to saveBezuidenhout (; ) is the neighbourhood () southeast of the Haagse Bos district of The Hague in the Netherlands. Bezuidenhout includes the Beatrixkwartier financial area near the Central Station and streets such as Bezuidenhoutseweg, Juliana van Stolberglaan, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, Prins Clauslaan, and Theresiastraat.
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- Netherlands
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- The Hague
- Population
- 19466
- Location
- Haagse Hout
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Bezuidenhout (; ) is the neighbourhood () southeast of the Haagse Bos district of The Hague in the Netherlands. Bezuidenhout includes the Beatrixkwartier financial area near the Central Station and streets such as Bezuidenhoutseweg, Juliana van Stolberglaan, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, Prins Clauslaan, and Theresiastraat.
Part of German-occupied Europe during World War II, Bezuidenhout was bombed by mistake by the Royal Air Force in a bombing raid which killed hundreds of civilians. The targeted area was the adjacent woodland park Haagse Bos that was used by the Germans for launching V-1 and V-2 rockets, but all bombs missed the forest target by more than because of an error in reading the map, overcast conditions and incorrect allowance for the wind. The mistake caused the deaths of 511 civilians.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bezuidenhout” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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