Route: On the road in the historic Langstraat Attention Stone - Van Haren Shoe Factory

In mid-1913, Johan van Haren (clog manufacturer in Beneden Leeuwen) sent his sons to investigate the possibilities of manufacturing shoes at the most favorable location possible. Thus, on a Sunday in 1913, his three sons rode their bicycles towards Waalwijk. Arriving in Baardwijk, they rested in café 'De Stoep'. The innkeeper was told that they were looking into the possibility of starting a shoe factory. The innkeeper told them that across the street there was a shoe factory for sale. In 1913, 61-year-old Johan van Haren bought this shoe factory. The whole family went to Baardwijk, where father and his sons Kees, Ivo and Johan started making shoes.

World War I began in 1914, Kees and Ivo were called up for general mobilization and brother Johan had to manage the factory - Firma J. van Haren - as best he could. After the war, Kees and Ivo returned to the company. However, there was not enough work for Ivo and he started his own leather business in Baardwijk in 1920. Business flourished from the start and he enjoyed great success as a leather merchant. In 1924, his leather business moved to a large building on the Markt, corner of Stationsstraat in Waalwijk, with the words 'Import Ivo van Haren Leder Engros Export' on the façade. In mid-1929, Ivo's brothers suggested to him that he return to the firm. In October 1929, father's company was converted into 'Ivo van Haren's Schoenfabrieken N.V.'. In order to meet the high demand for the entire range of women's, men's and children's shoes, production also began in the factory of Jac. Oomens (Ivo's father-in-law). A new factory with offices was built in 1931. Designed by architectural firm Van Ree Bossaerts.

The stained glass windows, crafted by glazier Louis de Swart, depict the production process, from cattle as a supplier of leather to selling shoes as a finished product. The main window expresses "Prosperity through Labor. This main window is flanked by two windows whose motifs are 'Control of machinery' and 'Man and technology'. Windows 2 and 6 depict 'Commerce' and 'Administration' respectively, windows 1 and 7 depict 'Tanneries' and 'Own Building Company'. Above and below the windows bear the arms of the eleven provinces, the main window is crowned by the coat of arms of Waalwijk. In 1985, 'Deichmann Schuhe' took over the family business.