Polsbroek is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Lopik Lopik () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, close to the Lek river. History Lopik lies within the Lopikerwaard region, which used to be occupied by swamps and forests until the area was cultivated in th ...

, and lies about 10 km southeast of Gouda.

Overview

The village of Polsbroek consists of a ribbon of farms on both sides of the Benschopse Wetering, with a small centre on the west side of the village. In 2001, the village centre of Polsbroek had 421 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was , and contained 143 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'
Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
The wider statistical area of Polsbroek, which covers the complete former municipality, including the ribbon of farms and the hamlet of Polsbroekerdam, has a population of 1190, and an area of about .http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/l/2004-lopik.htm (*): includes Cabauw, Vliet, Vlist, Zevender, Hoenkoop.

History

In the early 12th century Polsbroek itself was called first ''Pulzabruch'', changing into ''Pulsebroch'' in 1155, to ''Pusbruch'' (from 1228 to 1229), Polsbroic, about 1296 and 1317, and than to ''Polsbroek''. Since 1155 the (local) lords of Polsbroek are able to speak the high (''blood court'') Adriaan Kluit, ''Historia critica comitatus Hollandiae et Zeelandiae ab antiquissimis inde deducta temporibus'', band II, part 1, Medioburgi: apud Petrum Gillissen et fil. et Isaac de Winter, 1780, p. 166-169 (Codex Diplomaticus, Nr. XXVIII), p. 168 .. ''cum omni iusticia'' .
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/ref> middle and low justice over their territory. Until the end of the 18th century, Noord-Polsbroek was a ''lage heerlijkheid'' or ''schoutambt'',Noord-Polsbroek at ''Heren van Holland'' (nl)
/ref> the lowest category of local jurisdictions, while Zuid-Polsbroek was a ''vrije en hoge heerlijkheid'' (

Free and high fief of Zuid-Polsbroek The Free or High Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek ( Dutch: "vrije of hoge heerlijkheid") was a '' semi-sovereign'' or 'free or high' fief ( allodium), now part of Polsbroek in the Dutch province of Utrecht. History Zuid-Polsbroek, or Polsbroek, was ...

), during the

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owned by the

De Graeff De Graeff (; also: '' De Graef, Graef, Graeff, Graaff'', Graaf and ''De Graeff van Polsbroek'') is an old Dutch patrician and noble family, The Amsterdam line of the family played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They were at the ...

family from

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.Zuid-Polsbroek at ''Heren van Holland'' (nl)
As a free a high fief, Zuid-Polsbroek was an independent (''semisouverain fief'') of the provinces

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, like the larger

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to the east. Noord-Polsbroek was itself a part of that Barony. In 1812, a single municipality "Polsbroek" was created, covering both Noord-Polsbroek and Zuid-Polsbroek, and several surrounding villages ( Cabauw, Vliet,

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Zevender Zevender is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of Lopik, 2 km northeast of Schoonhoven. A part of Zevender has become a neighbourhood of Schoonhoven. Zevender was a separate municipality from 1817 to ...

, and Hoenkoop). Between 1814 and 1817, half of the municipality lay in the province

, while the other half was in

. In 1817, Polsbroek was divided into 7 separate municipalities again. Until 1857, Polsbroek was divided along the Benschopse Wetering into two parts: Noord-Polsbroek and Zuid-Polsbroek. On September 8, 1857 Noord-Polsbroek and Zuid-Polsbroek again merged to a single municipality. In 1989 the municipality Polsbroek became a part of

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{{Authority control Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Lopik

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