Ter Heijde is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 6 km southwest of

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

. The area "Ter Heijde", which also includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 690, mostly elderly people.Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005''
As of 1 January 2005. Ter Heijde is a popular beach-resort. It has a lifeboat station of the KNRM, the Dutch equivalent of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Ter Heijde is known for the Battle of Ter Heijde (also known as The Battle of Scheveningen). This was the final battle, in 1653, of the

First Anglo-Dutch War The First Anglo-Dutch War, or simply the First Dutch War, ( nl, Eerste Engelse (zee-)oorlog, "First English (Sea) War"; 1652–1654) was a conflict fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic, ...

, which saw the death of Admiral

Maarten Tromp Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (also written as ''Maerten Tromp''; 23 April 1598 – 31 July 1653) was a Dutch army general and admiral in the Dutch navy. Son of a ship's captain, Tromp spent much of his childhood at sea, including being captured ...

. In remembrance of the battle there is a monument in the village. In 2003, 350 years after the battle, the Tromp-festival was held. In 1677 Prince William of Orange and his recently married wife Mary (the future King William III and Queen Mary II of England) were forced to land at Ter Heijde, Rotterdam being ice bound.

Gallery

Image:Ter Heijden, kerk foto2 2009-09-27 10.23.JPG, Church Image:Ter Heijden, de kannonen foto2 2009-09-27 10.27.JPG, War monument: 1st Anglo-Dutch War

References

Populated places in South Holland Westland (municipality), Netherlands Populated coastal places in the Netherlands {{SouthHolland-geo-stub