Vogelenzang is a village in the municipality of
Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.
In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...
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North Holland,
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. The name "Vogelenzang" is Dutch for "
bird song".
Attractions
The ''Huis te Vogelenzang'' (House at Vogelenzang) was built circa 1600 by the Counts of Holland and was rebuilt in a
neoclassical style
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing sty ...
200 years later. Today the privately owned estate has 80 hectares of park grounds consisting of old coastal dunes and plains with historic pastures.
Since 1853 Amsterdam obtains its fresh
potable water from the so-called ''
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen'' (Water Supply Dunes) near Vogelenzang (but mostly within
Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...
municipality). It uses of sand dunes to filter water and is the oldest location used as such in the Netherlands.
Vogelenzang used to have a railway station called Vogelenzang-Bennebroek along the
Haarlem - Leiden Centraal line. The station opened in 1842, but closed in 1944. This wooden building still exists but is no longer in use as a station.
Trivia
Vogelenzang was the site of the
5th World Scout Jamboree, held in 1937, which brought together 28,750
Scouts and Guides from all over the world.
Gallery
File:Huis Vogelenzang RM 511229.jpg, Huis te Vogelenzang
File:Spring tulips near Vogelenzang.jpg, Spring tulips near the Tweede Doodweg, Vogelenzang (photo taken from the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen park).
File:Landscape at Vogelenzang.jpg, Painting of the Landscape (1824)
File:O.L. Vrouw ten Hemelopnemingkerk1.JPG, Catholic church
References
Populated places in North Holland
Bloemendaal
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