Nieuwe Niedorp (
West Frisian: ''Naaie Nierup'') is a village in the
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province of
North Holland
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. 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''Same ...
, and lies about northeast of
Heerhugowaard
Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland.
Heerhugowaard was previously a municipality, which merged w ...
.
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
peat
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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
Franciscan
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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
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 ...
.
Notable people
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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 ...
1540-1610
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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 ( ...
1610-1682
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Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop 1640-1708
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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
See also
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Zeeuws spek
References
Former municipalities of North Holland
Populated places in North Holland
Hollands Kroon
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