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Waddinxveen
Waddinxveen () is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water. A small piece of artwork named ''De Vergeten Plek'' (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum. History The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983. Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, ''Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten'', KNAW, 2006, p. 191Online edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waddinxveen
Waddinxveen () is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water. A small piece of artwork named ''De Vergeten Plek'' (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum. History The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983. Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, ''Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten'', KNAW, 2006, p. 191Online edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Westerholt
Robert Westerholt (born 2 January 1975) is a Dutch musician, known as the guitarist and co-founder of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He also writes music for the band along with his partner and band vocalist Sharon den Adel. He used to work in human resource management before his career with Within Temptation. Work prior to Within Temptation Westerholt was born in Waddinxveen, South Holland, Netherlands. In 1992, Westerholt formed the band "The Circle" with future Within Temptation keyboard player Martijn Spierenburg, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjam Overdam
Mirjam Overdam (born 18 February 1973) was a Dutch female water polo player. She was a member of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. She competed with the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from .... References External links * * https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/buurtfacts/opmerkelijk!/olympiers/zuid-holland/waddinxveen///mirjam-overdam-waddinxveen * http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/selectie-waterpolosters-gaat-in-brisbane-trainen~a576398/ * https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120654256/ * https://www.nocnsf.nl/CMS/showpage.aspx?id=756&indexparticipant=2293&cciqsd=9132F0D03DD3D0ED61C6ADED84E73B67&cciqsids=id,indexparticipant 1973 births Living people Dutch female water polo players Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Vanderloo
Mark Vanderloo (born 24 April 1968 in Waddinxveen) is a Dutch model and actor. As a model, he is known for his work with Hugo Boss. As an actor, he is the face of Commander Shepard in the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy. Vanderloo is regarded as a supermodel and achieved international success in the 1990s and 2000s. Early life Mark moved from the Netherlands to Kenya at 3 years old and spent most of his childhood there with his family. At age 22, Vanderloo attended the University of Amsterdam to study history. In 1990 at the age of 22, Vanderloo first got acquainted with modeling when he accompanied a model girlfriend to a photoshoot. The photographer liked them both together and took photos for a milk advertisement, but he had an aversion for modeling and didn't pursue it. Career In 1992, he earned extra money ($200) per night as a bartender and he signed a contract with the Wilhelmina Models agency. He did part-time modeling near his village in Holland. In 4 months he became an i ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjark De Vries
Tjark de Vries (born 17 July 1965) is a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1965 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Waddinxveen Sportspeople from South Holland {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouwe (river)
The Gouwe is a channelized river in South Holland, the Netherlands. It runs in a north–south direction from the Oude Rijn to the Hollandse IJssel. From Alphen aan den Rijn, where the Gouwe begins at the Gouw Locks, it flows through Boskoop and Waddinxveen to Gouda. Here it splits into the old stream through the city and into the Gouwe Canal on the city's west side. The Gouwe was historically part of the primary (and prescribed) shipping route in Holland, connecting Dordrecht with Haarlem and later on Amsterdam. These cities, together with the Counts of Holland who collected toll at Gouda and Spaarndam, maintained this arrangement to the dissatisfaction of the cities Delft and Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration w ... which were bypassed by this route. Tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roald Van Hout
Roald van Hout (born 23 April 1988]) is a Dutch association football, footballer who plays as a winger for Hoofdklasse club UDI '19. He formerly played for RKC Waalwijk, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one be ... and Fortuna Sittard. References External links Voetbal International profile 1988 births Living people Association football wingers Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Vierde Divisie players People from Waddinxveen RKC Waalwijk players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Eindhoven players Fortuna Sittard players Footballers from South Holland {{netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepijn Van Den Nieuwendijk
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (Waddinxveen, October 13, 1970) is a Dutch painter and ceramist. Life and work Van den Nieuwendijk graduated in 1995 as a graphic designer. After his studies he focused on illustrating and painting, until he came into contact with ceramics in 2002. In October 2007 he hit the headlines after he solved a major art theft via Google from Hague galleries. As he searched for his own name, he found his stolen works of art at an auction site. Besides the paintings of Pepin van den Nieuwendijk the police discovered the thief of more than a hundred paintings and sculptures by various artists.Luc van Kemenade.Googlende schilder lost grootschalige kunstroof op," in ''Elsevier'', 18 okt 2007. See also * List of Dutch ceramists * List of Dutch sculptors This is a list of Dutch sculptors who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands. __NOTOC__ A * Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934) * Per Abramsen (1941–2018) * Cris Agterberg (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuidplas
Zuidplas () is a municipality in the Netherlands located in the province of South Holland. It was established on 1 January 2010 by the joining of Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, and Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle. It had a population of 41,753 as of August 2017. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Zuidplas, September 2014'' Notable people * Claes Michielsz Bontenbal (1575–1623) Secretary of Zevenhuizen and conspirator * Lia van Rhijn (born 1953) ceramist and sculptor * Arie Slob (born 1961) politician and history teacher * Angela Visser (born 1966) actress, model and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1989 retrieved 2 May 2019 * Hans Spekman (born 1966) politician * |
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of in . It was established by a merger of Bodegraven and Reeuwijk on 1 January 2011. The municipality covers of which is water. Population centres The new merger also includes the historic municipalities of Waarder, Middelburg, Oukoop, Sluipwijk, Wiltenburg, Vrijhoef en Kalverbroek, parts of Zwammerdam, Lange Ruige Weide, Hekendorp, Land van Stein, Rietveld and Barwoutswaarder, as well as the communities of Driebruggen, Hogebrug, Langeweide, Meije, Nieuwerbrug, Oud-Reeuwijk, Platteweg, Randenburg, Reeuwijk-Brug, Reeuwijk-Dorp, Tempel, Oud-Bodegraven (Vrijenes), Weijpoort and Reeuwijk-Westeinde. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, June 2015.'' Paedophilia rumours In 2020, false allegations were circulated online, that in the 1980s the town had been the site of the sexual abuse and murder of a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Holland
South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. Situated on the North Sea in the west of the Netherlands, South Holland covers an area of , of which is water. It borders North Holland to the north, Utrecht and Gelderland to the east, and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south. The provincial capital is the Dutch seat of government The Hague, while its largest city is Rotterdam. The Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta drains through South Holland into the North Sea. Europe's busiest seaport, the Port of Rotterdam, is located in South Holland. History Early history Archaeological discoveries in Hardinxveld-Giessendam indicate that the area of South Holland has been inhabited since at least c. 7,500 years before present, probably by nomadic hunter-gatherers. Agriculture and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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