Oude Wetering is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

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, east of the town of

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. A bridge connects the village to the village of Weteringbrug in the

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History

The village was first mentioned between 1280 and 1287 as "Oude watheringhe", and means "old waterway". Oude (old) has been added to distinguish from Nieuwe Wetering. Oude Wetering is a dike village which developed along the eponymous canal which was dug in the 13th century. The village started as a

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excavation settlement. The Dutch Reformed church is a T-shaped church with ridge turret from the 17th century. In 1843, the neoclassic front was added to church. The Catholic St Jacobus Church was built in 1966 as a replacement of the 1893 church. It burnt down in 1969, and was rebuilt in the same style. It used to have a detached belfry, but the bells were sold to a church in

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. Oude Wetering was home to 622 people in 1840. In 1912, a railway station opened on the

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Heerensingel railway line. The line closed in 1936, and the building was demolished in 1938. After World War II, Oude Wetering started to form a single urban area with

Gallery

File:2377 Oude Wetering, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg, St Jacobus Church in Oude Wetering File:2377 Oude Wetering, Netherlands - panoramio (7).jpg, Ferry to Leimuiden File:Kruising Ringvaart-H'Meer Oude-Wetering.JPG, View from the Haarlemmermeer File:HUA-165249-Gezicht op het H.S.M.-station Oude Wetering te Oude Wetering.jpg, Former railway station

References

{{Authority control Populated places in South Holland Kaag en Braassem