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De Ronde Venen
De Ronde Venen (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen. Population centres The municipality of De Ronde Venen consists of the villages Abcoude, Amstelhoek, De Hoef, Utrecht, De Hoef, Baambrugge, Mijdrecht, Vinkeveen, Waverveen, and Wilnis, and a number of hamlets, such as Aan de Zuwe, Achterbos, and Stokkelaarsbrug. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, June 2015'' Notable people * Jan van Almeloveen (1656 in Mijdrecht – 1684) a Dutch painter, engraver and draughtsman * Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (1657 in Mijdrecht – 1712) a Dutch physician and medical editor * Jan Willem Pieneman (1779 in Abcoude – 1853) a painter * Werenfried van Straaten (1913 in Mijdrecht – 2003) a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and social activist * Hans van Vliet (born 1949 in Mijdrecht) a Dutch computer scientist and ac ...
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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 ...
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Mijdrecht
Mijdrecht is a town in the Netherlands with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of De Ronde Venen, about west of the main A2 motorway (Netherlands), A2 motorway, between Utrecht (city), Utrecht and Amsterdam. The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops and the municipal offices are located. There is a police office, a fire department, 6 supermarkets, sport facilities, and a coffee shop. There is no police or doctor at the weekends. History Middle Ages In 1085 the parish of Mijdrecht, together with those of Wilnis, Tamen, Zevenhoven en Kudelstaart, was granted to the Deaconate of St. John (Proosdij van Sint-Jan), by Conrad (bishop of Utrecht), Conrad, the Episcopal principality of Utrecht, Prince-bishop of Utrecht, in return for a depot in the Holland-Utrecht border region and the guarantee that the deaconate would develop the rugged terrain for habitation. 1085 is the year taken as the founding of the municipalit ...
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Werenfried Van Straaten
Werenfried van Straaten, born Philippus Johannes Hendricus van Straaten O. Praem. (17 January 1913 – 31 January 2003), was a Dutch Catholic priest and social activist. He was a Premonstratensian priest expatriate in Germany, who became known for his charitable work across the world. He was the founder of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. History Born in Mijdrecht, Netherlands, he originally intended to become a teacher and enrolled at the University of Utrecht in 1932 to study Classical Philology. There he was also editor in a student newspaper and co-founder of a political party, which had only a short existence. He decided instead to follow a religious life and in 1934 entered the Premonstratensian Tongerlo Abbey, of the Norbertine Order, in the province of Antwerp, in Belgium, taking the religious name Werenfried, in honour of an early Medieval Germanic saint. He became the abbot's secretary, after a bout of tuberculosis that left him too weak for missionary ...
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Jan Willem Pieneman
Jan Willem Pieneman (; 4 November 1779 – 8 April 1853) was a painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Jan Willem Pieneman was born on 4 November 1779 in Abcoude in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands). Initially, he worked as a salesman, but also took courses at the Amsterdam '' Stadstekenacademie''.Jan Willem Pieneman
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Theodorus Janssonius Van Almeloveen
Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (24 July 1657 – 28 July 1712) (Theodoor Jansson) was a Dutch physician, and the learned editor of various classical and medical works. He was born at Mijdrecht, near Utrecht, where his father was minister of the reformed church. His mother, Mary Jansson, was related to the celebrated printer of Amsterdam, Jan Jansson. After studying at Utrecht University under various eminent men, such as Johann Georg Graevius for belles lettres, de Vries for philosophy, Johann Leusden for theology, Johannes Munniks and Jacob Vallan (1637–1720), for medicine, etc., he determined to give up his father's profession, for which he had been intended, and devote himself to medicine. He became doctor of medicine at Utrecht in 1681. In 1687, he settled at Gouda, where he married. He founded a learned society there in 1692. In 1697, he was invited to Harderwijk, to become professor of Greek and history; and in 1702, he was appointed professor of medicine, retaining ...
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Jan Van Almeloveen
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Stokkelaarsbrug
Stokkelaarsbrug is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 12 km south of Amsterdam.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. It is located on the border with the province North Holland, where the small river Winkel joins the Oude Waver. It was first mentioned in 1575 as Stoppelaers brug, and is named after the bridge. The first part is unclear. Stokkelaarsbrug is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Waverveen Waverveen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, 3 km west of Vinkeveen. Waverveen was a separate municipality until 1841, when it was merged with Vinkeveen to form the municipalit .... It has no place name signs, and consists of about 20 houses. References Populated places in Utrecht (province) De Ronde Venen {{Utrecht-geo-stub ...
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Achterbos
Achterbos is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, directly north of Vinkeveen. It was first mentioned in 1575 as Den afterbos, and means forest which is located backwards (far away). Achterbos is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Vinkeveen Vinkeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 18 km south of Amsterdam. Vinkeveen used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Waverveen in 1841, to form t .... Until the 19th century, it was a hard to reach peninsula in the moorland. In 1880, the area around Achterbos was poldered. Achterbos nowadays consists of about 120 houses. Gallery File:Vinkeveen, Herenweg 205-209, voormalige boerderij -img2204.jpg, Former farm File:Vinkeveen, Herenweg 201, NH kerk noordwest - img5442.jpg, Protestant church File:Vinkeveen, Baambrugse Zuwe, wagenmakerij - img 5 ...
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Aan De Zuwe
Aan de Zuwe is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen De Ronde Venen (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen. Population centres The municipality of De Ronde Venen consists of the villag ..., 3 km south of Wilnis. It is first mentioned in 1936 as Aan-de-Zuwe, and references the Willenser Zuwe, a canal on which the hamlet is situated. The canal is named after the "sidewards (dike)" of Wilnis . Aan de Zuwe is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Wilnis. There are no place name signs. Aan de Zuwe consists of a dozen houses and 40 to 50 holiday homes. References Populated places in Utrecht (province) De Ronde Venen {{Utrecht-geo-stub ...
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