Hoogmade is a village in the Dutch 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 is located about 7 km east of Leiden, in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

History

The village was first mentioned between 1280 and 1287 as "Hoghe made", and means "elevated hay land". Hoogmade is a peat excavation settlement which developed in the Middle Ages. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with open wooden tower built between 1729 and 1730 as a replacement of the medieval church. The Catholic Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built between 1931 and 1932 to replace the 1875 church which had collapsed. On 4 November 2019, the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte church was severely damaged by fire. The ''polder'' mill Doesmolen was built around 1636. It was in service until 1953. In 1965, it was restored and functions on a voluntary basis. Hoogmade was home to 311 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with Woubrugge.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. In 2009, it became part of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

Gallery

File:2012 hoogmade.JPG, Canal view File:Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Hoogmade, map of 2012.png, Map of Hoogmade File:Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Does (1).JPG, The Does waterway, close to Hoogmade File:2012 prot gem hoogmade.JPG, Dutch Reformed church

References

{{Authority control Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland Kaag en Braassem