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Zevenhuizen (other)
Zevenhuizen is a common name for places in the Netherlands, meaning ''seven houses''. Hamlets *Zevenhuizen, Bunschoten, hamlet in Bunschoten, Utrecht * Zevenhuizen, Eemsmond, hamlet in Eemsmond, Groningen * Zevenhuizen, Franekeradeel, hamlet in Franekeradeel, Friesland * Zevenhuizen, Heeze-Leende, hamlet in Heeze-Leende, North Brabant *Zevenhuizen, Kaag en Braassem, hamlet in Kaag en Braassem, South Holland * Zevenhuizen, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, hamlet in Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland * Zevenhuizen, Maasdriel, hamlet in Maasdriel, Gelderland * Zevenhuizen, Moerdijk, hamlet in Moerdijk, North Brabant * Zevenhuizen, Ten Boer (Zevenhuisjes), hamlet in Ten Boer, Groningen * Zevenhuizen, Texel, hamlet in Texel, North Holland * Zevenhuizen, Tytsjerksteradiel, hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland * Zevenhuizen, Werkendam, hamlet in Werkendam, North Brabant Street * Zevenhuizen, Heiloo, village in Heiloo, North Holland Quarters * Zevenhuizen, Apeldoorn, quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zevenhuizen, Bunschoten
Zevenhuizen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Bunschoten, and lies about 6 km north of the centre of Amersfoort. The village consists of a single road, the Zevenhuizerstraat. It was first mentioned in 1469 as Soevenhuysen, and means seven houses. Zevenhuizen is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Bunschoten-Spakenburg Bunschoten () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It lies about 7 km north of Amersfoort. Its territory comprises the original municipality of Bunschoten (created in 1204 by the bishop of Utrecht) .... Since 2012, it has place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 31 people. Nowadays, it consists of about 30 houses. References Populated places in Utrecht (province) Bunschoten {{Utrecht-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zevenhuizen, Westerkwartier
Zevenhuizen (; gos, Zeuvenhuzen, , or ) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier (municipality), Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 2,725. History Zevenhuizen is a relatively young village. For centuries there was no village, only a wild raised bog. Initially, this peat was excavated and reclaimed on a small scale by the farmers as an extension of the estates of (with Tolbert, Netherlands, Tolbert as its main town). After the establishment of the Van Ewsums at , peat extraction was tackled on a large scale. The pattern of a :nl:Veenkolonie, peat colony is clearly recognizable in the numerous canals of Zevenhuizen. Along these canals were dirt roads, which have since been asphalted. A large peat fire, as a result of buckwheat fires on 11 June 1833, destroyed a vital part of the peat between De Wilp and Leek, Netherlands, Leek and with it a large part of the village of Zevenhuizen. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen (Apeldoorn), Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo, had a population of 165,525 on 1 December 2021. The western half of the municipality lies on the Veluwe ridge, with the eastern half in the IJssel valley. The city of Apeldoorn The oldest known reference to Apeldoorn, then called Appoldro, dates from the 8th century. The settlement came into being at the point where the old road from Amersfoort to Deventer crossed that from Arnhem to Zwolle. A 1740 map refers to it as A''pp''eldoorn.Stenvert, R. et al. (2000). ''Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland'', p. 14 and 68–77. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. Close by is the favourite country-seat of the royal family of the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiloo
Heiloo () is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The community is part of the cooperation region Kennemerland and is located in the historical region of West Friesland. Heiloo had a population of in . Origins of the name Heiloo (from the Dutch ''heilige loo'', "sacred forest") was given its name because Saint Willibrord was said to have performed a miracle there around 690 and created a church on a small hill. Notable attractions It has a town hall dating from 1926 and a church from the 12th century known as the ''Witte Kerk''. In the late Middle Ages, after a miracle, a Marian shrine came into being for Our Lady to Need (''Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Nood''). The chapel was partially destroyed in 1573 during the Spanish Siege of Alkmaar, and it was completely demolished in 1637. Before it was razed to the ground, the Alkmaar painteGerrit Pietersz. de Jonghdepicted a family on a pilgrimage at the ruins of the single wall left remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werkendam
Werkendam () is a town and a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contained a large part of De Biesbosch area as is located in the province of North Brabant. On January 1sth 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena. Population centres *Dussen *Hank *Nieuwendijk *Sleeuwijk * 't Zand *Werkendam Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.'' Transport Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld. The bus between Utrecht and Breda, and the bus between Gorinchem and Den Bosch goes through Sleeuwijk Tol. For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the Nieuwe Merwede river. Notable people * Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841 in De Werken – 1914), Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891–1894 * Anton Mussert (1894 in Werkendam – 1946), one of the founders of the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texel
Texel (; Texels dialect: ) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, and southwest of Vlieland. Name The name ''Texel'' is Frisian, but because of historical sound-changes in Dutch, where all -x- sounds have been replaced with -s- sounds (compare for instance English ''fox'', Frisian ''fokse'', German ''Fuchs'' with Dutch ''vos''), the name is typically pronounced ''Tessel'' in Dutch. History The All Saints' Flood (1170) created the islands of Texel and Wieringen from North Holland. In the 13th century Ada, Countess of Holland was held prisoner on Texel by her uncle, William I, Count of Holland. Texel received city rights in 1415. The first Dutch expedition to the Northwest Passage departed from the island on the 5th of June, 1594. Texel was involved in the Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
