Leimuiden is a

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village in the South Holland municipality of

Kaag en Braassem Kaag en Braassem () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through the merger of Alkemade and Jacobswoude. Kaag en Braassem consists of 10 towns: In addition, there are ...

. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn.

History

The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Letthemutha, and means "mouth of the

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river". Leimuiden is a

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excavation settlement from the Middle Ages. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built in 1805 as a replacement of the 1555 church. It was restored between 1963 and 1965, and a

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was added. Leimuiden was home to 551 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it became part of Jacobswoude. The village was part of North Holland until 1865. The village was bombed on 2 August 1940 by the

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, because the Germans had established a local headquarters in Leimuiden. In 2009, it became part of the municipality of

. The highest level surface of Leimuiden is located on provincial road N207, approximately level with NAP. The village "on the hill" (Noordeinde-Dokter Stapenséastraat-Burgemeester Bakhuizenlaan-Dorpsstraat) is approximately 0.5 meters below NAP. The depoldered areas are between 4.0 and 4.5 meters below NAP.

Gallery

Leimuiden, kerk2 2007-04-18 15.25.JPG, Leimuiden, church Leimuiden, de Johannes de Doperkerk RM509921 foto7 2016-05-01 13.07.jpg, Leimuiden, church: de Johannes de Doperkerk

References

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