Beets () is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam,

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, and lies about 9 km southwest of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1435 as "van der Beetze", and means "low lying (often flooded in the winter) land". Beets developed in the late 13th century on the southern part of the Beetskoog ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ...

''. The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled cruciform church from the 15th century. It was restored in 1873 and 1961. Beeets was home to 412 people in 1840. Until 1970, Beets was a separate municipality. In 2016, it became part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam.

Gallery

File:Beets 86, Beets (Noord-Holland).JPG, Farm in Beets File:Beets 15, Beets (Noord-Holland).JPG, Farm in Beets

References

Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Geography of Edam-Volendam {{NorthHolland-geo-stub