Hoeksche Waard () is a municipality in the western

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, in the 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 ...

, consisting of the eponymous

Hoeksche Waard The Hoekse Waard (; pre-1947 spelling: Hoeksche Waard) is an island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The island, part of the namesake munic ...

and

Tiengemeten Tiengemeten is an island in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hoeksche Waard and lies about south of Spijkenisse. Before 1984 the island was administratively split between Goudswaard and Zuid-Beijerland, ...

islands. The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland, and Strijen.

Gallery

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Notable people

* Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568) a general and statesman, Lord of Oud-Beijerland *

Philip, Count of Egmont Philip, Count of Egmont (1558 – Ivry 14 March 1590) was the fifth Count of Egmont, prince of Gavere and 12th and last Lord of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam. He was the eldest son and successor of Lamoral, Count of Egmont, who was behea ...

(1558 – 1590) the fifth Count of Egmont and Lord of Oud-Beijerland * Thomas van der Wilt (1659 in Piershil – 1733) a Dutch painter * Philip van Dijk (1683 in Oud-Beijerland – 1753) a Dutch painter * Stoffel Muller (1776 in Puttershoek – 1833) leader of a small Dutch Protestant sect Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters * Suze Groeneweg (born 1875 in Strijensas - 1940) a Dutch politician, the first woman to be elected to the Dutch parliament * Renée Jones-Bos (born 1952 in Oud-Beijerland) a Dutch senior civil servant and diplomat * Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink (born 1954) a former Dutch politician and municipal councillor in Cromstrijen * Anton Corbijn (born 1955 in Strijen) a Dutch photographer, music video director and film director * Eibert Tigchelaar (born 1959 in Sint Anthoniepolder) academic and expert on the

Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...

Carlo Resoort Carlo Resoort (born 1 March 1973) is a Dutch DJ, remixer and producer. He is best known as the main act of 4 Strings. Music career Resoort originally began working with Jan De Vos when they found a mutual interest in dance music. The two sp ...

(born 1973 in Numansdorp) a Dutch DJ, remixer and producer; plays with the

4 Strings 4 Strings are a Dutch vocal trance group. The group was founded by Carlo Resoort and Jan De Vos. Their biggest success came with the track "Take Me Away (Into the Night)", which peaked at number 15 in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles ...

Benno de Goeij Marinus Bernardus "Benno" de Goeij (; born on 19 March 1975) is a Dutch record producer. He is best known for his participation in Rank 1 with Piet Bervoets, Kamaya Painters with Tiësto and Gaia (Armin van Buuren alias), Gaia with Armin van Bu ...

(born 1975 in Oud-Beijerland) a Dutch record producer, works with

Armin van Buuren Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...

* Vivienne van den Assem (born 1983) a Dutch actress and presenter, brought up in Oud-Beijerland IMDb Database
retrieved 28 February 2020

Sport

* Nijs Korevaar (1927 in Mijnsheerenland – 2016) a Dutch water polo player, team bronze medallist at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

Kees Verkerk Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk (born 28 October 1942) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

(born 1942 in Maasdam) a former speed skater, three time winter Olympic silver medallist and gold 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 ...

Adri van Tiggelen Adrianus Andreas "Adri" van Tiggelen (born 16 June 1957) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a left back. His career in football was intimately connected to Sparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to ...

(born 1957 in Oud-Beijerland) a retired Dutch footballer with 505 club caps *

Ria Visser Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands Visser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 19 ...

(born 1961 in Oud-Beijerland) a former ice speed skater and silver medallist at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands who retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29. She has ...

(born 1973 in Oud-Beijerland) a former professional female tennis player and team silver medallist at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

References

External links

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Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of South Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2019