Hekendorp is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda. Hekendorp was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1964, when it merged with

Driebruggen Driebruggen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda. According to the 1615 map of Rijnland, there were indeed three bridge in Driebruggen. D ...

. During this period, the area was part of the province

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. In 1857, the municipality of Oukoop was added to Hekendorp, even though the two former municipalities did not border each other. The

Goejanverwellesluis The Goejanverwellesluis is a lock in Hekendorp, Netherlands. The 'Goejannen' - the men from the surrounding polders who went to sea - said their last farewells by this channel. According to the tradition, Wilhelmina of Prussia, wife of stadhold ...

where the patriots stopped

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is located in Hekendorp.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1307 as Hedickendorp, and means "settlement of Hedeke (person)". Hekendorp developed as a dike village near the

sluice Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...

where the Dubbele Wiericke enters the

Hollandse IJssel The Hollandse (or Hollandsche) IJssel (; "Holland IJssel", as opposed to the 'regular' or Gelderland IJssel) is a branch of the Rhine delta that flows westward from Nieuwegein on river Lek through IJsselstein, Gouda and Capelle aan den IJssel t ...

. In 1845, a little Dutch Reformed Church was built in the village. The

dates from 1607, and is still operated manually. There is a justice statue near the sluice where criminals were publicly tortured. In 1840, Hekendorp was home to 408 people.

Gallery

File:Huize de Morgenster Hekendorpse Buurt 71 73 75 Hekendorp.jpg, Huize de Morgenster Image:Vrouwe Justitia.jpg, Lady Justice in Hekendorp File:Vooraanzicht kerkgebouw `God is liefde` te Hekendorp.jpg, Church of Hekendorp File:Hekendorp - Hekendorpse Buurt 15 Dwarshuisboerderij "Raadwijk" - 1880.jpg, Farm in Hekendorp

References

Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of South Holland Oudewater {{Utrecht-geo-stub