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Den Hoorn (other)
Den Hoorn can refer to: * Den Hoorn, South Holland, a town in the municipality Midden-Delfland in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. * Den Hoorn, North Holland, a town on the island Texel in the province North Holland in the Netherlands. * Wehe-den Hoorn, a merger of the village Wehe and Den Hoorn. * a former village in South Holland; now part of Zoetermeer. See also * Horn (other) * Hoorn (other) Hoorn is a city in North Holland, the Netherlands. Hoorn may also refer to: Places * Hoorn, Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands * Hoorn, Friesland, Netherlands * County of Horne, or Hoorn, a county of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Netherlands ... {{disambig fr:Hoorn (homonymie)#Den Hoorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Hoorn, South Holland
Den Hoorn is a village in the southwest of the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ..., near the town Delft. On 1 January 2017, population counted 8041 people. There are three primary schools in Den Hoorn. Every August they have the Varend Corso (translated: Floating Corso). External linksDen Hoorn on Midden-Delfland.net Populated places in South Holland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midden-Delfland
Midden-Delfland () is a municipality (''gemeente'') in the Westland region in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. It was formed on January 1, 2004, through the merger of the former municipalities: *Maasland (population: 6,844), covered an area of of which water. *Schipluiden (population: 11,173), covered an area of of which water. Population Centres The municipality comprises the population centres: Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Midden-Delfland, June 2015'' Geography The green area that comprises the municipality of Midden-Delfland was named Midden-Delfland before 2004, and it referred to the green area surrounded by cities (such as The Hague and Rotterdam) and the horticulture area of Westland. The supporters of a continuous green area were lucky that the municipality of Midden-Delfland became a reality: the cities of Delft, Vlaardingen and Schiedam wanted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Hoorn, North Holland
Den Hoorn is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 9 km north of Den Helder. History A prominent feature outside the modern core of the village is the white ( Dutch reformed) church, built in the fifteenth century to replace a wooden chapel demolished in 1409. The new church was ready in 1425 and 25 years later received a tower which would later also serve as a beacon. The three signal beacons for shipping were replaced only in 2008 by a modern tri-colour signalling device featuring oscillating green light on one side, an oscillating red light on the other side and a white light in the middle. Parts of the church were rebuilt in the seventeenth century. The church bells date from the fifteenth century, but during the Second World War, with the country under occupation, the order was received to remove the bells and convey them, along with the bells from more than 200 other Dutch clock towers, to Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wehe-den Hoorn
Wehe-Den Hoorn (Gronings: ''t Hörn-Wij'') is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It is a 1966 merger of the villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn. History Wehe was a ''terp'' (artificial mount) village on the road from Ulrum to Winsum. It was first mentioned in the 10th or 11th century as UUie and means temple (similar to Wye in Kent). Den Hoorn was a nearby hamlet. A part of the population remained Roman Catholic. Each year, several processions start in Wehe-den Hoorn to the Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1553. The Catholic Saint Boniface Church dates from 1927. It was designed by Joseph Cuypers and his son Pierre Cuypers, and has a Mary statue from the 16th century. In 1679, the estate Borgweer was built near Wehe. Later it became the property of the family who renamed it Starkenborgh. It was torn down in 1832, and only a path remained which used to be a long driveway to the estate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2013 this had grown to 123,328, making it the third largest population centre in the province of South Holland, after Rotterdam and The Hague. While now a city in its own right, Zoetermeer started out as a suburb of The Hague and is still a part of the Greater The Hague urban area; it is about 12 km east of The Hague, 15 km north of Rotterdam and 12 km south of Leiden. The name Zoetermeer (Dutch for "freshwater lake") refers to the former lake north of the town (reclaimed in 1614). Because the name literally translates as "sweet lake" local residents have dubbed Zoetermeer "Sweet Lake City". History In the tenth century Zoetermeer was a small village primarily home to farmers and fishermen. In the 13th century a village center was formed, which still exists as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horn (other)
Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various animals, either the "true" horn, or other horn-like growths ** Horn, a colloquial reference to keratin, the substance that is the main component of the tissue that sheaths the bony core of horns and hoofs of various animals Horn may also refer to: Audio * Horn loudspeaker * Vehicle horn ** Train horn Personal name * Horn (surname) * Freyja, also known as ''Hörn'', a Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death Places * Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America * Horn of Africa, a peninsula in northeast Africa * Horn (district), a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria ** Horn, Austria, a small town, capital of the Horn District * Horn, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Horn, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoorn (other)
Hoorn is a city in North Holland, the Netherlands. Hoorn may also refer to: Places * Hoorn, Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands * Hoorn, Friesland, Netherlands * County of Horne, or Hoorn, a county of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Netherlands and Belgium * Hoorn Islands, South Pacific islands named after the city of Hoorn People with the surname * Jordanus Hoorn (1753–1833), Dutch painter * Carol Hoorn Fraser (1930–1991), American figurative artist active in Canada See also * Horn (other) Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ... * Den Hoorn (other) * Van Hoorn, a surname {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoorn Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
