Jacobswoude () is a former municipality in the western
Netherlands, 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 ...
, now part of municipality
Kaag en Braassem. Before the merger with
Alkemade
Alkemade () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30.91 km² (11.93 mile² ) of which 3.94 km² (1.52 mile²) is w ...
, the municipality covered an area of 41.37 km² (25.71 mile²) of which 4.88 km² (3.03 mile²) is water, mainly the lakes
Braassemermeer and
Wijde Aa. It consisted of the communities
Bilderdam,
Hoogmade,
Leimuiden
Leimuiden is a Dutch village in the South Holland municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn.
History
The villag ...
,
Rijnsaterwoude, and
Woubrugge, all located around the above-mentioned lakes. It had a population of 10,692 on 1 January 2004.
Jacobswoude is located in the center of the ''Groene Hart'' (Green Heart), the slightly less densely populated center area of the
Randstad. Inhabitants of Jacobswoude depend on
Alphen aan den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the r ...
,
Leiden and
Amsterdam for facilities not offered in the smaller villages. Most of its inhabitants commute daily to one of the larger cities in the region for work.
Jacobswoude was administratively created on 1 January, 1991, by merging the municipalities of Leimuiden, Rijnsaterwoude and Woubrugge. On 1 January 2009, Jacobswoude merged with Alkemade and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.
The municipality was named after the lost village of Jacobswoude that was located within the former municipal boundaries. The first mention of this village is from 823, when it is thought that Lord Jacob van den Woude was granted the area as a
fiefdom from
Louis the Pious. The
peat surrounding the village was excavated, making Jacobswoude an island by the middle of the 18th century. This caused the village to deteriorate and its population moved to Woubrugge. Only a monument on the site of the original village remains.
Wireless Jacobswoude
Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
is a
wireless community network under construction, starting in Woubrugge, connected to
Wireless Leiden.
External links
Official Website*http://www.plattegronden.nl/jacobswoude/
*http://www.wirelessjacobswoude.nl/
States and territories established in 1991
1991 establishments in the Netherlands
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2009
Former municipalities of South Holland
Kaag en Braassem
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