Nieuwe Niedorp ( West Frisian: ''Naaie Nierup'') is a village in the

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province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. It is a 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''Samen ...

, and lies about northeast of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1289 as Niewenniedorp, and means "new new village". The extra Nieuwe (new) was added to distinguish from Oude Niedorp. Nieuwe Niedorp developed in the Middle Ages as a

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excavation area. The Catholic Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church was built between 1905 and 1906 as part of a U-shaped

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monastery. The Dutch Reformed Fenix church from 1966, has a leaning church tower. Nieuwe Niedorp was home to 534 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1970, when it merged with Oude Niedorp and Winkel. In 2012, it became part of the municipality of

Notable people

Dirck Pietersz van Nierop Dirck Pietersz van Nierop (1540 – 1610) was a Mennonite minister from North Holland who became notable for founding a branch of Mennonites in Amsterdam called the "Young Frisians" (''Jonge Friezen''). Nierop was born in Nieuwe Niedorp. After bec ...

1540-1610 *

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610 – 4 November 1682) was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, shoemaker and Mennonite teacher. Life Van Nierop was born and died at Nieuwe Niedorp ("Nierop"), Holland (n ...

1610-1682 *

Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to ...

1640-1708 *

Elisabeth van der Woude Elisabeth van der Woude (January 11, 1657 – December 11, 1698 (buried)) was a Dutch traveller and author. She was born in Nieuwe Niedorp, North Holland, but left The Netherlands at age 19 with her family (her father Harman Hartman van der W ...

1657-1698

Gallery

File:Dorpsstraat-125-Nieuwe-Niedorp-Burgemeesterswoning.jpg, Mayor's house File:20180629 Klooster met kerk Nieuwe Niedorp.jpg, Monastery with church File:20180629 Prins Maurits Nieuwe Niedorp.jpg, Village house File:Dorpsstraat 148, Nieuwe Niedorp.jpg, House in Nieuwe Niedorp

References

Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Hollands Kroon {{NorthHolland-geo-stub

History

Notable people

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