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Wormerland
Wormerland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Wormerland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: It borders the municipalities of: Local government The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows: * PvdA - 4 - 25,21% - 1842 votes * GroenLinks - 4 - 19,86% - 1451 votes * Liberaal WL - 3 - 21,09% - 1541 votes * VVD - 3 - 17,13% - 1252 votes * CDA - 3 - 16,71% - 1221 votes Sport facilities Soccer clubs: * WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer * VV Jisp - Jisp * VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam * DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer * PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer) * ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer) Notable people * Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings * Ewald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jisp, North Holland
Jisp is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 8 km west of Purmerend. History Jisp, in older forms Gispe (1328, 1387), Gyspe (1344), is named after a river with the same name, that had an open connection to the North Sea. Its river name is a composite of 'gis' and 'apa'. The first part means 'gisten', ''to foam''. The second part has the meaning of ''water'', indicating a place where by tidal influences ''foaming water'' occurred. River names containing 'apa' have possibly an prehistoric and Celtic language, Celtic origin, dating back to a period where humans did only live in the area in certain periods of the year to herd their cattle. Jisp is a former whaling village. It used to be an island in the Zuiderzee. It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it merged with Wormer and Wijdewormer to form the new municipality of Wormerland. Geography Jisp is located in the Wormer- en Jispe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neck, Netherlands
Neck is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, North Holland, about 3 km west of Purmerend. The village was first mentioned in 1328 as "sic: van Hicke", and means "neck" which refers to the narrowest point of the waterway separating the Beemster from the Wormer Wormer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam. The town is situated in the Zaan district, on the eastern side of the river Zaan, across f .... The ''polder'' mill Nekkermolen dates from 1631. In 1878, a pumping station was installed, but the wind mill has remained in service to this day to lend a hand, because the water in the polder rises fast during a storm. References Populated places in North Holland Wormerland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oostknollendam
Oostknollendam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 17 km north west of Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population .... The village was first mentioned in 1529 as "tot Knollendam", and means "eastern end of the dam". Oost (east) has been added to distinguish from Westknollendam". Oost-Knollendam was home to 169 people in 1840. References Populated places in North Holland Wormerland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spijkerboor, North Holland
Spijkerboor is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 10 km west of Purmerend Purmerend () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and in the region of West Friesland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the tra .... The village was first mentioned in 1575 as "Spykerboors Gat", and refers to the former meandering waterway between Beemster and Starnmeer. Spijkerboor has place name signs. References Populated places in North Holland Wormerland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormer
Wormer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam. The town is situated in the Zaan district, on the eastern side of the river Zaan, across from Wormerveer. The town is surrounded by the nature area Wormer- en Jisperveld. The village of Oostknollendam, the polder Schaalsmeer (reclaimed in 1631), the polder Enge Wormer (reclaimed in 1634) and a part of the Markerpolder also historically belong to the area of Wormer. Wormer, together with Engewormer (Wormer c.a.), was a separate municipality until 1991, when it became a part of the new municipality of Wormerland. History The inhabitants of Wormer repulsed several attacks of the Frisians and West Frisians in 1280. Floris V, Count of Holland rewarded this with an exemption from paying toll in Holland, an important privilege at that time. Important skirmishes between Spanish troops and the Geuzen took place in Wormer during the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wijdewormer
Wijdewormer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer, in the polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ... "De Wijde Wormer". De Wijde Wormer was poldered in 1626. Wijdewormer was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1991, when it became a part of Wormerland. References Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Wormerland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of The Netherlands
As of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten) and three special municipalities () in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of . Schiermonnikoog is both the least pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewald Kooiman
Ewald Kooiman (June 14, 1938 in Wormer, North Holland – January 25, 2009 in Hurghada), was a Dutch organist. He studied organ in Amsterdam with Piet Kee and with Jean Langlais in Paris. In addition, he was professor of Romance languages. Recordings He recorded the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach twice on contemporary organs on LP and CD. A third recording cycle on Silbermann organs in Alsace, which Kooiman had started in April 2008 for the German label Aeolus was only partly completed at the time of his unexpected death. Teaching Kooiman taught organ at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, as well as at the International Summer Academy for Organists in Haarlem, with a particular emphasis on the performance of J.S. Bach's organ music. Jos van der Kooy and Christine Kamp are among his students. As a visiting professor, he taught at various universities in Europe, South Africa and Korea. He also edited more than 50 editions of organ music, mainly covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Holland
North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a population of 2,877,909 and a total area of , of which is water. From the 9th to the 16th century, the area was an integral part of the County of Holland. During this period West Friesland was incorporated. In the 17th and 18th century, the area was part of the province of Holland and commonly known as the Noorderkwartier (English: "Northern Quarter"). In 1840, the province of Holland was split into the two provinces of North Holland and South Holland. In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land. The provincial capital is Haarlem (pop. 161,265). The province's largest city and also the largest city in the Netherlands is the Dutch capital Amsterdam, with a population of 862,965 as of November 2019. The King's Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purmerend
Purmerend () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and in the region of West Friesland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slowly. Only after 1960 did the population start to grow from around 10,000 to around 80,000 by the 2010s. From the 1960s onwards, Purmerend has seen major expansion and continues to do so. This expansion has turned Purmerend into a commuter town; many inhabitants of Purmerend (14,200 in 2011) work, go to school or spend their leisure time in Amsterdam. Purmerend is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe. The municipality of Beemster merged into the municipality of Purmerend on 1 January 2022. The extended municipality has a population of about 92,000 inhabitants. History Early history Purmerend was created out of the small fishing village Purmer, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landsmeer
Landsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland. Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landsmeer, June 2015'' Local government The municipal council of Landsmeer consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows: Town twinning Landsmeer is twinned with the following towns: Notable people * Sam Olij (1900–1975) a Dutch heavyweight boxer, competed the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the national socialist NSB party in WW11 * Jaap Oudkerk (born 1937) a retired cyclist, competed the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics * Bernt Schneiders (born 1959) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Landsmeer 1995-2001 * Cor Bakker Cor Bakker (born 19 August 1961) is a Dutch pianist. Bakker was born at Landsmeer. He rose to fame playing in ''De Schreeuw van De Leeuw'', a television show starring Paul de Leeuw He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oostzaan
Oostzaan () is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality had a population of in . Oostzaan has a total area of of which is water. Oostzaan—together with Westzaan and Assendelft—are considered the "mother towns" of the Zaanstreek (the region around the River Zaan), of which they are the three oldest towns. Oostzaan also played a role in the VOC and WIC shipping and shipbuilding. In the 17th century Oostzaan had its own pirate, named Claes Compaen. Originally sailing from the Netherlands as a legal pirate captain, in the possession of pirate letters, he soon began to raid ships for his private account, from the English Channel, to the Mediterranean Sea and the African-Atlantic coast into even the Caribbean Sea. He liquidated the booty on the coast of Ireland, later in Salé and the Barbary Coast. A street in Oostzaan is named for Claes Compaen. The town has a Reformed church with a cruciform grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
