De Waal is a village in the
Dutch 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 ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Texel, and lies about 15 km north of
Den Helder
Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base.
From here the Royal TESO fe ...
.
The village was first mentioned in 1295 as "sancti Bonifacii in Waelkerken", and means "pond created after a dike breach". De Waal started to developed after the Waalenburg ''
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 ...
'' was created in 1436. The Dutch Reformed church is built on a ''
terp
A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...
'' (artificial hill). It was destroyed in 1945 during the
Georgian uprising. A new church was built in 1952 and a tower was added in 1961.
Gallery
File:De Waal, sculptuur 'Het Spel' van Marijn Koenen Gorter op de hoek van het Hogereind en de Sommeltjesweg IMG 6141 2020-06-07 15.46.jpg, Sculpture 'the Game' designed by Marijn Koenen Gorter
File:Woonhuis Hogereind 22 - De Waal.jpg, House in De Waal
File:De Waal - Hervormde kerk 2012 -002.JPG, Dutch Reformed church
File:Texel - De Waal - Oosterenderweg - View NW.jpg, Farmland near De Waal
References
Populated places in North Holland
Texel
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