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Emmeloord
Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, Urkervaart and Zwolsevaart intersect, is the city of Emmeloord (1943). Named after an abandoned village on the island of , Emmeloord is located in a : land reclaimed from the |
Noordoostpolder
Noordoostpolder (; en, "North-East Polder") is a polder and municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called '' Urker Land''. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noordoostpolder. For history, see Zuiderzee Works. Population centres The population centres are Bant, Creil, Emmeloord, Ens, Espel, Kraggenburg, Luttelgeest, Marknesse, Nagele, Rutten, and Tollebeek. The former island of Schokland is now a museum. The town and former island of Urk, in the southwest, now surrounded by the Noordoostpolder, is a separate municipality. Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, June 2015'' Rail links There are no railway stations in the Noordoostpolder, but the nearest stations are in Kampen, Steenwijk and Lelystad. From 9 December 2012, with the opening of the Hanzelijn, Dronten and Kampen Zuid, will be even closer. UNESCO World Heritage sites UNESCO World Heritage sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poldertoren
The Poldertoren is a water tower at the town center of Emmeloord, Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65-meter tower was built in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is no longer in use as a water tower. The owner of the tower was the water company, Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder has owned the tower. A replica of this watertower exists in Japan. Details The tower measures 65.3 meters in height with a weather vane on top bringing the total height to 70.5 meters. Visitors can climb the 243 steps up to a height of 43.4 meters. The Poldertoren has a 13.4 meter diameter. The water storage capacity is 1.850 m3. Building materials for the tower included 1,220 m3 of concrete, 185 metric tons of steel, 600,000 bricks, 624 metric tons of cement and 7,200 drainpipes. Architects * J.W.H.C. Pot (Architectenbureau Pot en Pot-Keegstra) (1955–1959) * H. van Gent (1950–1959) History In an early design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bant
Bant is one of the so-called green villages ''(Dutch: groendorpen)'' in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 7 km north of Emmeloord. Name The name Bant is derived from the estates of ''Bant'' or ''Bantega'', which at one point existed in what is now the municipality of De Fryske Marren, and extended into the area that is now the Noordoostpolder. History Prison camp After World War II, before the founding of Bant, the site was used as a prisoner camp for Nazi-collaborators under the name ''Kamp Westvaart''. The camp was accommodated with watchtowers and armed guards. Several prominent collaborators served sentences in the camp. Jan Gunnink, former head of the KP-Meppel, a prominent resistance movement during the war, served as camp commander. The camp was subject of a social experiment, in which prisoners were offered a contract in which they declared they would not resist and fight in exchange for free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creil, Flevoland
Creil is one of the ten so-called green villages ''(Dutch: groendorpen)'' in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 6 km northwest of Emmeloord. Name The name Creil comes from the name of a former village that was once on the coast of the Zuiderzee, which was in turn named after the Creil Woods that was once located northeast of North-Holland, in what is now the IJsselmeer, roughly between Texel and Enkhuizen. History Modern Creil was designed by the Board of the Wieringermeer, one of whose jobs was to design and oversee the construction of the settlements in the newly created polders, construction of the town started in 1953. Facilities In 2004, a building formerly belonging to the Catholic church in the centre of Creil was restructured into a service centre called The Saalicon. It houses a pharmacy, clinic, hair salon, centre for the elderly and several art exhibitions of local artists. Creil is home to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espel
Espel is one of the so-called green villages ''(Dutch: groendorpen)'' in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It lies in the municipality of Noordoostpolder next to a crossroads where provincial road N712 from Urk to Lemmer intersects with road N714 to Emmeloord, roughly 6 km to the east. Name Espel is named after the former village of Espelbergh, also known as Espelo, which was situated north of Urk until it and a large amount of nearby land were washed away in the All Saints' Flood of 1570. History Espel was founded in 1956 as an agricultural settlement and one of the green villages spread around the Noordoostpolder. Shortly after being founded Espel was granted several facilities, namely shops, three schools, two churches and two cafeterias. Facilities General facilities Today Espel features its own church, a school, a cafeteria with restaurant and bowling centre, and athletic fields for the local football club, FC Espel. In 2002 the last supermarket in the village shut do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tollebeek
Tollebeek is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and is approximately 90 kilometres north east of Amsterdam. Tollebeek is one of ten villages in the Noordoostpolder (literally: North East Polder) which was reclaimed from the Zuiderzee (now: IJsselmeer) in the 1930s and 1940s as part of a huge project known as the 'Zuiderzeewerken' ('Zuiderzee works') to create new land to accommodate growing need for farmland and new urban areas in the already densely populated country. After the Noordoostpolder was formed in the early 1940s, new villages were constructed, including Tollebeek (being constructed last). It is situated in the south-western part of the polder, in the middle of a large agricultural area, between Emmeloord and Urk which used to be an island in the old Zuiderzee. Tollebeek was established in 1956 as the last of the Noordoostpolder villages. As of the first of January 2020 Tollebeek has 2460 inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luttelgeest
Luttelgeest is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and was created in 1950 as one of ten planned villages around the new city of Emmeloord. Name Luttelgeest is named after a no longer existing village with the same name, which used to be near Kuinre, Overijssel. The oldest appearance of the name was in 1379. The meaning of the name translated to English is ''Little Geest'', where 'geest' is a type of landform. The village of Lutjegast in Groningen has a different variant of the same name. History In 1942, Camp Luttelgeest was opened for the workers on the Noordoostpolder. In 1949, the plan for the village was approved, and it was founded in 1950. During the construction, the remains of two castles belonging to Kuinre were excavated. The oldest castle was built by Prince-bishop of Utrecht in the 12th century, and was destroyed in 1196 by the Count of Holland The counts of Holland ruled over the County of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ens (Netherlands)
Ens is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 10 km southeast of Emmeloord. In 2019, Ens had 3,065 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.57 km², and contained 846 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'' . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area. History The village was first mentioned in 1950 as Ense. It is named after a flooded village on the island of Schokland. The name probably means "duck lake". On 10 November 1941, the first barracks were placed in Ens for the ''poldering'' of the Noordoostpolder Noordoostpolder (; en, "North-East Polder") is a polder and municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called '' Urker Land''. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noord .... Ens was founded in 1948 as one of the new settlements. The plan of the village b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraggenburg
Kraggenburg is a settlement in the Noordoostpolder area of the Netherlands.. The village is situated south east of the regional town Emmeloord. Kraggenburg was established in 1948,. and received her name from a former lighthouse that is named ''Oud Kraggenburg''. It belongs to the oldest buildings of the reclaimed land area called Noordoostpolder, see also Schokland. 19th century Kraggenburg In the middle of the 19th century a group of rich trading partners formed a company that built dams into the Zuiderzee to enable ships to reach the town of Zwolle and enhance shipping goods to the province of Overijssel. To build dams into the water of the Zuiderzee they used so called 'kraggen': floating clusters of water plants and sheer. These 'kraggen' were cheap and could be found in the neighbourhood near villages like Wanneperveen, Dwarsgracht and Giethoorn. At the end of the western dam a little wooden shed was placed to house the lightkeeper. Those who erected it nicknamed it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutten (Netherlands)
Rutten is a village in the central Netherlands. It is located in Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, about 8 km northwest of Emmeloord. It was founded in 1952. History In order to create the Noordoostpolder, sluices and pumping stations had to be built. Preliminary work began in 1936. The pumping station Buma was constructed between 1939 and 1941, and is one of the three original pumping stations for the ''polder''. Buma is a fire and bomb proof building which contains three pumps. Each pump can move of water per minute. The Lemstersluis which is often called Frisian sluice was completed on 10 November 1940 and is located next to the pumping house. The sluice can move ships up to . The plan for the village was approved in 1952, and construction started the same year. It has been laid out around a square. The village was named after the drowned village of Rutten, a church village near Nagele. The village was designed for a 1,000 people, but has already surpassed that. Sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flevoland
Flevoland () is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at , but not gross land as that includes much of the waters of the fresh water lakes (meres) mentioned. The province has a population of 423,021 as of January 2020 and consists of six municipalities. Its capital is Lelystad and its most populous city is Almere, which forms part of the Randstad and has grown to become the seventh largest city of the country. Flevoland is bordered in the extreme north by Fries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marknesse
Marknesse is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about east of Emmeloord. History Marknesse was first mentioned in 1950 as Marknesse, and is a combination of border land and headland. It has been named after a flooded village near Urk. The village was founded in 1946 as B. In 1943, temporary barracks were built to ''polder'' the Noordoostpolder. The plan of the village by was approved in 1949. The village has a green central axis with the Dutch Reformed Church in one corner and the Reformed Church Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Cal ... on the other side, and the flanks contain shops. Most of the houses are oriented north–south. After the merger of the two Reformed Churches into the Protest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
