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Groeneveld is a former municipality in the
Groeneveld is a former municipality in the Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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province of South Holland
South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...
. It was located to the west of the city of Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
. The municipality covered the Groeneveldse 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 ...
, northwest of De Lier
De Lier () is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km north of Maassluis. It also lies about below sea level.
The village of De Lier obtained its name from the nam ...
, and contained no towns or villages; only the hamlet of Lierhand.
The municipality of Groeneveld was split off from 't Woud
t Woud is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 12 km east of Amersfoort.
't Woud was founded by farmers at the beginning of the 20th century. After they had made the soil r ...
in 1817, and only existed until 1855, when it became part of Hof van Delft
Hof van Delft ("Court of Delft") is a former municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of South Holland. It was located to the west of the city of Delft, and covered the villages of Den Hoorn (South Holland), Den Hoorn, Abtswoude, and 't Woud ...
.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.
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