Middenmeer is a village in the
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province of
North Holland. It is part of the municipality of
Hollands Kroon
Hollands Kroon is a municipality located in the Northwest Netherlands. It was created on 1 January 2012, as a merger of four municipalities: Anna Paulowna, Niedorp, Wieringen, and Wieringermeer.Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations''Same ...
, and lies about 23 km north of
Hoorn.
Middenmeer was established in 1932 under the name of Sluis III. Nearby the village was a military airfield Middenmeer in WO II used by the Ie Verkenningsgroep of the
Royal Netherlands Air Force. Now Middenmeer has an airfield for light and ultra light airplanes,
Middenmeer Aerodrome.
On 1 July 1941, the Wieringermeer became a municipality and its first mayor was ir. S. Smeding.
On 17 April 1945, the dikes of the Wieringermeer
polder were blown up by the German occupying forces and the
Wieringermeer was inundated. Middenmeer as well as neighboring villages had to be evacuated.
On 11 December 1945 the polder was dry again.
Moedermavo
In 1975 the first Moedermavo (
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: School for mothers) of the Netherlands was started in Middenmeer. The moedermavo was an initiative of Anton Remmers, director of the local school, the Ariënsmavo. The school was a
MAVO, a Dutch
secondary school, aimed at adult women wanting to finish their education. At the time there were many women who had not received education after
primary school
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or 'huishoudschool' (English: housekeeping school). In the first year 130 women would attend. Adult students would mingle with teenaged students in between classes, but received classes separately. At the time, the moedermavo was considered a novel and revolutionary idea, but it proved successful. Within a year and a half there were already 41 moedermavos spread across
The Netherlands
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People
Sicco Mansholt
Sicco Leendert Mansholt (; 13 September 1908 – 29 June 1995) was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the President of the European Commissio ...
was mayor in 1945 for some weeks.
In 2001, the town of Middenmeer had 2805 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.82 km
2, and contained 1193 residences.
[Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001']
Statistics are for the continuous built-up area. The wider statistical area of Middenmeer has a population of around 3210.
[Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Wieringermeer']
Industry
Microsoft is building a major new datacenter in the Wieringermeer polder near Middenmeer.
[Jan Verbeek: "Microsoft maakt haast met datacenter in de polder"; Het Financieele Dagblad, 9 Aug. 2016.] Long-term employment may exceed 300 people.
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Populated places in North Holland
Hollands Kroon