Bloemendaal () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governance in Bloemendaal, the King's Commissioner of North Holland,

Johan Remkes Johannes Wijnandus "Johan" Remkes (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch politician and nonprofit director who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. He is a member of the People's ...

, threatened to disband the municipality if the problems were not resolved within a year.

Bernt Schneiders Bernard Bram "Bernt" Schneiders (born 2 April 1959 in Breukelen) is a Dutch politician who is a member of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) and. From July 2006 until September 2016 he was mayor of Haarlem. Career Schneiders studied law and worked ...

, the mayor of

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

, was appointed as acting mayor of Bloemendaal.

Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which after 2022 were divided as follows: * VVD – 5 seats * D66 – 4 seats * GroenLinks – 3 seats * Hart van Bloemendaal – 3 seats * CDA – 1 seat * PvdA – 1 seat * Liberaal Bloemendaal – 1 seat * Independent Bloemendaal – 1 seat

Railway connections

The municipality has three railway stations: Bloemendaal,

Overveen Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem. A few kilometres to the west of the ...

and Heemstede-Aerdenhout.

Sports

Bloemendaal is home to one of the country's leading field hockey clubs,

HC Bloemendaal Hockey Club Bloemendaal (), commonly known as Bloemendaal, is a Dutch field hockey club based in Bloemendaal, North Holland. It was established on 26 April 1895, and is one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands. Originally, the club a ...

. The men's first team competes for the Dutch Hoofdklasse (top league) title most years.

Thijsse's Hof

In 1925

Thijsse's Hof Thijsse's Hof (The garden of Thijsse) is a wildlife garden in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. It was created in 1925 on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Jac. P. Thijsse, naturalist and nature conservationist. It is the oldest wildlife garden in ...

(the Garden of Thijsse) was created. It was the first wildlife garden in the Netherlands. It was gifted to

Jac. P. Thijsse Jacobus Pieter Thijsse (25 July 1865 – 8 January 1945) was a Dutch conservationist and botanist. He founded the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands. In 1925, on the occasion of his 60th birthday he was honored ...

at the occasion of his 60th birthday. The garden still exists today.

Notable people

Bertha Frensel Wegener Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (27 September 1874, in Bloemendaal – 17 July 1953, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer and music educator. Biography Bertha Koopman studied composition and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory and continued studying ...

(1874 in Bloemendaal – 1953) composer and music educator * Frederick Koolhoven (1886 in Bloemendaal – 1946) aircraft designer in Britain and Netherlands * Leo Brongersma (1907 in Bloemendaal – 1994) zoologist, herpetologist, author, and lecturer * Johan Benders (1907 in Bloemendaal – 1943) teacher and victim of the Gestapo * Hendrik Van Riessen (1911 in Bloemendaal – 2000 in Bloemendaal) second generation reformational philosopher *

Frank de Miranda Frank de Miranda (8 March 1913 in Bloemendaal – 1986, in Ede) was a Dutch sculptor, psychologist and publicist.Biographical da ...

(1913 in Bloemendaal – 1986) sculptor, psychologist and publicist *

Tjitze Baarda Tjitze Baarda (8 July 1932 – 23 August 2017) was a Dutch professor of theology and Religious Sciences. He spent his career at the ''Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam'' (VU) and Utrecht University. He specialized in the four gospels of the New Testament ...

(1932 in Vogelenzang – 2017) emeritus professor of theology and religious sciences * Erwin Nypels (born 1933 in Bloemendaal) former politician *

Louwrien Wijers Louwrien Wijers (born 1941 in Aalten, Netherlands) is a Dutch artist and writer working in Ferwert. She was involved with the Fluxus art movement and worked with Joseph Beuys from 1968 through 1986. Like Beuys, she considers writing and speaking as ...

(born 1941 in Aerdenhout) artist and writer * Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946) politician, municipal councillor *

Arielle Vernède Arielle Vernède (born 26 May 1953) is a Dutch pianist. She was admitted in 1972 to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. There she studied with Geoffrey Madge. In addition she studied with Claude Helffer Claude Helffer (18 June 1922 &nda ...

(born 1953 in Bloemendaal) pianist. * Frank Gerard Rozendaal (1957 in Bloemendaal – 2013) ornithologist, researched the Southeast Asian avifauna KickSmit1946cropped

Sport

* Cornelis van der Vliet (1880 in Bloemendaal – 1960 in Bloemendaal) sports shooter, competed in the team clay pigeon event at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Kick Smit Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974) was a Dutch football player. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.Netherlands national football team *

Aat de Roos Agathon "Aat" de Roos (15 April 1919 in Bloemendaal, North Holland – 17 March 1992 in Perth, Australia) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommers ...

(1919 in Bloemendaal – 1992) field hockey player, competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

* Gijs van Lennep (born 1942 in Aerdenhout)

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and former racing driver *

Robert van Werkhoven Robert Willem van Werkhoven (born 29 January 1954 in Bloemendaal) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Canada. With his brother Joop van Werkhoven as helmsman Van Werkhove ...

(born 1954 in Bloemendaal) sailor, competed at

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

Gert Jan Schlatmann Gert Jan Schlatmann (born 6 December 1963) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total of 50 caps, scoring fourteen goals in the 1980s for the Netherlands national field hockey team. Schlatmann was born in Bloemendaal, North ...

(born 1963 in Bloemendaal) former field hockey player *

Ellen Hoog Ellen Marijn Hoog (, born 26 March 1986) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation. Field hockey career Ellen began playing field hockey at the age of seven and in 2002, age ...

(born 1986 in Bloemendaal) field hockey player

Gallery

File:Sparrenheuvel.JPG, Sparrenheuvel, Bloemendaal File:Overzicht, voorgevel en rechter zijgevel - Bloemendaal - 20371987 - RCE.jpg, Eindhoven Farm, Bloemendaal File:Bezoekerscentrum Oranjekom P1160691.jpg, Visitor centre, Oranjekom File:Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland pic17.JPG, Nationaal Park Zuid, Kennemerland

References

External links

Official websiteTourist Info about Bloemendaal
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