Bobeldijk is a hamlet in the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
province of
North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of
Koggenland
Koggenland ( fy, Koggelân) is a municipality in North Holland province and the region of West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former municipalities of Obdam and Wester-Koggenland ...
, and lies about 5 km west of
Hoorn.
The village was first mentioned in 1450 as "den Boebeldijck", and means "dike with spike rushes (''
Eleocharis
''Eleocharis'' is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (''heleios''), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (''charis'' ...
'')". Bobeldijk has place name signs. The village was home to 165 people in 1840.
References
Populated places in North Holland
Koggenland
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