Hollands Kroon is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the Northwest

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It was created on 1 January 2012, as a merger of four municipalities:

Anna Paulowna Anna Paulowna () is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The former municipality derives its name from the Anna Paulownapolder, which was laid dry in 1846 during the reign of King William II of ...

Niedorp Niedorp (; West Frisian (dialect), West Frisian: ''Nierup'') is a former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia. Niedorp, as well as Barsingerhorn, loc ...

Wieringen Wieringen () is part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, established in 2012 in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It is a former municipality in this province, with its name appearing in records of the late 9th and early 10th ...

, and

Wieringermeer Wieringermeer () is a former municipality and a polder in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Since 2012 Wieringermeer has been a part of the new municipality of Hollands Kroon. Population centres The former municipality of Wie ...

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ( nl, link=no, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, loca ...

''Samenvoeging van de gemeenten Anna Paulowna, Niedorp, Wieringen en Wieringermeer''
(Parliamentary document).

Localities

Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

(places/areas with city rights): * Barsingerhorn * Stede Niedorp *

* Winkel

Local government

The municipal council of Hollands Kroon consists of 29 seats, which are divided as follows: The

executive board A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

consists of Onafhankelijk Hollands Kroon, Senioren Hollands Kroon, GroenLinks, Partij van de Arbeid en D66

Notable people

* Dirck Pietersz van Nierop (1540 in Nieuwe Niedorp – 1610) a Mennonite minister *

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610 – 4 November 1682) was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, shoemaker and Mennonite teacher. Life Van Nierop was born and died at Nieuwe Niedorp ("Nierop"), Holland ...

(1610 in Nieuwe Niedorp – 1682) cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer and teacher *

Elisabeth van der Woude Elisabeth van der Woude (January 11, 1657 – December 11, 1698 (buried)) was a Dutch traveller and author. She was born in Nieuwe Niedorp, North Holland, but left The Netherlands at age 19 with her family (her father Harman Hartman van der W ...

(1657 in Nieuwe Niedorp – 1698) a Dutch traveller and author * Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1873 in Wieringen – 1951) painter * Pieter Baas (born 1944 in Wieringermeer) a Dutch botanist * Gerbrand Bakker (born 1962 in Wieringerwaard) a Dutch writer

Sport

* Albertus Perk (1887 in Anna Paulowna – 1919) a Dutch fencer, competed in the individual épée event at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

* Ard Schenk (born 1944 in Anna Paulowna) a former speed skater, silver medallist at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

and triple gold medallist at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

Henk Schenk Hendrik "Henk" Schenk (born 29 April 1945 in Wieringerwaard) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...

(born 1945 in Wieringerwaard) an American former wrestler, competed in the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

* Erik Heijblok (born 1977 in Den Oever, Wieringen) retired football goalkeeper. * Selma Borst (born 1983 in Wieringerwaard) a Dutch runner *

Kai Reus Kai Reus (born 11 March 1985 in Niedorp, North Holland), is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for . As a junior, Reus won the Junior men's road race during the 2003 UCI Road World Championships. After missing out ...

(born 1985 in Niedorp) a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer *

Jessy Kramer Jessy Anna Kramer (born 16 February 1990) is a Dutch handball player for Toulon Handball and the Dutch national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and was a part of the Dutch squad that won silver ...

(born 1990 in Zijdewind) a Dutch handball player *

Marit Raaijmakers Marit Raaijmakers (born 2 June 1999) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She rode for in the women's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships The 2018 UCI Road World Cha ...

(born 1999 in Hippolytushoef) a Dutch racing cyclist

Gallery

File:20180629 Klooster met kerk Nieuwe Niedorp.jpg, Klooster met kerk Nieuwe Niedorp File:Molenkolksluis01.JPG, Molenkolksluis File:Nederlands Kremlin.jpg, Nederlands Kremlin in Winkel File:20180629 Schutsluisje 1684 Nieuwe Niedorp.jpg, Schutsluisje, Nieuwe Niedorp

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of North Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2012 {{NorthHolland-geo-stub