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| name                    = Hulst
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Basilica of Hulst in 2006
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Zeeland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.gemeentehulst.nl/de_Gemeente/College_van_B_W/Samenstelling_2022_2026
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20131211150459/http://www.gemeentehulst.nl/De_Gemeente/Bestuur/College_van_burgemeester_en_wethouders
 |url-status    = dead
 |archive-date = 11 December 2013
 |title       = College van burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title=Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Hulst
 |access-date  = 11 December 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ilona Jense-van Haarst]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Hulst}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Hulst}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 4561EA 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=11 December 2013 
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| population_demonym      = Hulstenaar
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 4560–4569, 4580–4589
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0114
| website                 = {{URL|1=https://www.gemeentehulst.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Hulst''' ({{IPA|nl|ɦʏlst|-|242 Hulst.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and [[city]] in southwestern [[Netherlands]] in the east of [[Zeelandic Flanders]].

== History ==
[[File:Hulst (Atlas van Loon).jpg|190px|thumb|right|upright|Map of the [[star fort]]]]

Hulst received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in the 12th century.

Hulst [[Siege of Hulst (1591)|was captured]] from the Spanish in 1591 by [[Maurice of Orange]] but [[Siege of Hulst (1596)|was recaptured]] by [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Albert]] in 1596. 

In 1640, the Dutch forces tried to conquer the city, but they were defeated in [[Siege of Hulst (1640)|battle]] by the [[Spanish Army]] under [[Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand]], and [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]] was forced to retreat.
 
In 1645, the [[Siege of Hulst (1645)|Siege of Hulst]] (to control the left bank of the Schelde river) occurred. It was led by [[Prince of Orange]] [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]], during the [[Eighty Years' War]] (1568–1648) with [[Spanish Empire|Spain]].

In 1702 [[Vauban]] attacked the town, but [[Siege of Hulst (1702)|failled to capture it]], which makes it the only fortress to successfully resist that great engineer. In 1747 it was taken by the French after incompetent defence by Lt. General Pieter de la Rocque.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lowensteyn.com/Samuel_Holland/hulst.html |title=Further |publisher=Lowensteyn.com |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref>

In the seventeenth century, a [[star fort]] was constructed.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vestingstad.nl/geschiedenis.php Geschiedenis van Hulst] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312043208/http://www.vestingstad.nl/geschiedenis.php |date=2009-03-12 }}. Hulst Vestingstad</ref>
The fortifications, constructed during that time, are historic examples of Dutch fortress architecture.

The name Hulst (Holly in English) would appear to come from the shape of the battlements. Holly is depicted growing around the towns crest.

== Geography ==
[[File:Gem-Hulst-OpenTopo.jpg|190px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hulst, June 2015'']]

Hulst is located at {{coords|51|17|N|4|3|E}} in the south of the province of [[Zeeland]] in the southwest of the [[Netherlands]]. It is situated in the east of the region [[Zeelandic Flanders]], which is connected by land only to [[Belgium]], on the Dutch-Belgian border.

Hulst is neighbouring the municipalities of [[Terneuzen]] in the west, [[Stekene]] (Belgium) and [[Sint-Gillis-Waas]] (B) in the south, [[Beveren]] (B) in the east, and [[Reimerswaal (municipality)|Reimerswaal]] in the north. The river [[Western Scheldt]] separates the land of Reimerswaal and Hulst.

The Drowned Land of [[Saeftinghe]] (Verdronken land van Saeftinghe) is a natural reserve in the north of the municipality. Its name refers to the [[Saeftinghe legend]].

The population centers in the municipality are:
{|
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*[[Absdale]]
*[[Clinge]]
*[[Graauw]]
*[[Heikant, Zeeland|Heikant]]
*[[Hengstdijk]]
*Hulst
| style="vertical-align: top; width: 150px;" |
*[[Kapellebrug]]
*[[Kloosterzande]]
*[[Kuitaart]]
*[[Lamswaarde]]
*[[Nieuw-Namen]]
*[[Ossenisse]]
| style="vertical-align: top; width: 150px;" |
*[[Sint Jansteen]]
*[[Terhole]]
*[[Vogelwaarde]]
*[[Walsoorden]]
*[[Zandberg, Zeeland|Zandberg]]
|}

== Government ==
The [[Burgemeester|mayor]] of Hulst is [[Ilona Jense-van Haarst]] of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]. The former [[Burgemeester|mayor]] is Jan-Frans Mulder of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]].

== Culture ==
Since June 2018, the city has its own letter artwork (a local variation on the capital's ''I Amsterdam''). This work of art can be seen in turns at various locations in the municipality. The underlying idea is that the h at the beginning of a word is not pronounced in the [[Zeelandic]] / East Flemish dialect. By combining the letters n and h (in white and green) you can read the text {{lang|zea|in ulst}} in addition to {{lang|zea|i hulst}}. Under this concept {{lang|zea|in ulst}}, a campaign for and branding of the city of Hulst was launched simultaneously.

[[File:Inulst mcahneven 7sep2018.jpg|250px]]

''Letter artwork for the city of Hulst''

== International relations ==
Hulst is twinned with
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* {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Michelstadt]], [[Hesse]], [[Germany]].
|}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Jansenius.jpg|155px|thumb|Cornelius Jansen]]
* [[Johannes Crabbe]] (c. 1420–1 November 1488), [[abbot]], Imperial counsellor and [[bibliophile]].
* [[Cornelius Jansen (Bishop of Ghent)|Cornelius Jansen]] (1510 in Hulst – 1576) was a Catholic exegete and the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent|Bishop of Ghent]]
* [[Gillis Mostaert]] ''(the Elder)'' (1528 in Hulst – 1598) a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman
* [[Frans Mostaert]] (1528 in Hulst – 1560) a Flemish Renaissance painter specializing in landscape paintings
* [[Valentin de Lannoy]] a Flemish military commander and governor of Hulst in 1623
* [[Cornelis de Vos]] (1584 in Hulst – 1651) a Flemish painter, draughtsman and art dealer
* [[Paul de Vos]] (ca.1591/92 in Hulst – 1678) a Flemish Baroque painter of animals, hunting scenes and still lifes
* [[Pieter Nuyts]] (1598 in Middelburg – 1655) a Dutch explorer, diplomat and politician
* [[Pieter Nuyts (writer)|Pieter Nuyts]] (1640 in Middelburg – 1709) a Dutch poet and dramatist
* [[Theo Middelkamp]] (1914 in Nieuw-Namen – 2005) a Dutch cyclist, world champion in 1947

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Cornelis de Vos - View of Hulst.jpg|''View of Hulst'' painted in 1628 by [[Cornelis de Vos]]
File:Hulst, de Gentse Poort in straatzicht RM22736 foto4 2013-05-06 14.05.jpg|Gate (de Gentse Poort)  
File:Hulst, straatzicht Gentsestraat foto2 2013-05-06 14.08.jpg|View to a street: de Gentsestraat 
File:HulstOude huizen.JPG|Historical houses
File:HulstMonument1.JPG|Monument on the defensive [[Defensive wall|rampart]] of Hulst
File:Als de vos1.JPG|Artwork by Kris Ferket
File:Hulst - Refugium Ten Duinen 1.jpg|The museum De Vier Ambachten, former refugium of the Abbey Our Lady Ten Duinen
File:HulstRavelijn.JPG|Hulst Ravelijn
</gallery>

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

==External links==
*[http://www.gemeentehulst.nl Official website] (in Dutch)

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Hulst
|North     = [[Reimerswaal (municipality)|Reimerswaal]]<br>''[[Western Scheldt]]''
|East      = [[Beveren]]&nbsp;([[Belgium|BE]]-[[East Flanders|VOV]])
|South     = [[Stekene]]&nbsp;([[Belgium|BE]]-[[East Flanders|VOV]]),&nbsp;[[Sint-Gillis-Waas]]&nbsp;([[Belgium|BE]]-[[East Flanders|VOV]])
|West      = [[Terneuzen]]
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{{Dutch municipality Hulst}}
{{Zeeland Province}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Zeeland]]
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