Katwijk aan den Rijn (Katwijk on the Rhine) is a town in the municipality of

Katwijk Katwijk (), also spelled Katwyk, is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland, which is situated in the mid-western part of the Netherlands. The Oude Rijn ("Old Rhine") river flows through the town and into the North Se ...

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 ...

, in

The 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 ...

, with approximately 6020 inhabitants. Katwijk aan den Rijn lies between

Katwijk aan Zee Katwijk aan Zee (literally, ''Katwijk-upon-Sea'') is a seaside resort located on the North Sea at the mouth of the Oude Rijn. It is situated in the municipality of Katwijk and the province of South Holland. History The Origin till the Gol ...

, Valkenburg and

Rijnsburg Rijnsburg () is a village in the eastern part of the municipality of Katwijk, in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The name means Rhine's wikt:Special:Search/burg, Burg in Dutch. History The history starts way before the ...

. It actually forms a unit with all of these other centres.

History

Katwijk aan den Rijn is located near the mouth of the Oude Rijn. The village's name first appeared in the official documents in 1231. At that time,

Floris IV, Count of Holland Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders. Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin o ...

, had his residence there. The village itself had been established about a century earlier. In 1388 the village lost its fish market to the growing village of

. The two places then were within the same seigniory (

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

). In the early days, Katwijk aan Zee was a fishing village while Katwijk aan den Rijn was more agricultural. Initially the two villages were separate, but over the course of time, they grew and eventually merged. Both villages have retained their own identity.

Katwijk aan den Rijn today

The municipal government house is now located in Katwijk aan de Rijn, on the border with Katwijk aan Zee. De Molenwijk in Katwijk aan den Rijn, with many flats or apartments, was greatly changed in the 1980s. Many old flats were demolished and a new flat, the Molenburgh, was built, as well as many single-family homes. A number of flats were also renovated, such as the flat on Tulpstraat (Tulip Street) with a number of shops at ground level including the well-known café, the Wachtje (little sentry or look-out). The district Cleijn Duin, according to the municipality of Katwijk, also lies in Katwijk aan den Rijn, although common opinion is divided. The highway N206 was often seen as the dividing line between Katwijk aan Zee and Katwijk aan den Rijn.

Places of interest

Dorpskerk Church has towers and choir dating from about 1300. The nave dates from the middle of the 15th century. Within the church is the tomb of Willem van Lyere en Maria van Reigersberch (1663), a principal work of Rombout Verhulst, and an organ (1765) in Rococo style. Johannes de Doperkerk is a Roman Catholic church from 1846. The flour mill Korenmolen De Geregtigheid is a brick tower mill from 1740. The main road in Katwijk aan den Rijn is the Rijnstraat. Every year in the last week of August there is an autumn festival. There is a fair. In 2015 there was a temporary train in the Rijnstraat. ''De schutter'' (man on horse) is an

equestrian statue An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin ''eques'', meaning 'knight', deriving from ''equus'', meaning 'horse'. A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a d ...

by G.Brouwer, 1986.

Gallery

Image:Katwijk aan den Rijn - Dorpskerk.jpg, Dorpskerk Image:Katwijk aan den Rijn, korenmolen de Geregtigheid 2009-10-25 12.54.JPG, windmill: de Geregtigheid Image:Katwijk aan den Rijn, straatzicht2 2009-10-25 13.12.JPG, View in the street: Rijnstraat Image:Blauwe tram Katwijk 25082015.jpg, Temporary train near fish and chips shop during autumn festival.

References

External links

Katwijk Official Web Page
With a link to Katwijk aan den Rijn {{DEFAULTSORT:Katwijk Aan Den Rijn Katwijk Populated places in South Holland