Woubrugge is a village in the

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province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of the city of

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

, in the municipality of

Kaag en Braassem Kaag en Braassem () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through the merger of Alkemade and Jacobswoude. Kaag en Braassem consists of 10 towns: In addition, there are ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1493 as Woubregge, and means "bridge over the Woudwetering". The Woutbroeke mentioned in 1252 is a different settlement. Woubrugge started as a

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excavation settlement, but turned into a linear agricultural settlement along the Woudwetering. The Dutch Reformed church is a pseudo cruciform church between 1652 and 1653 and designed by

Pieter Post Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker. Biography Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a ...

. It has a twelve sided ridge turret with needle spire. Woubrugge was home to 932 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it became part of

Jacobswoude Jacobswoude () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, now part of municipality Kaag en Braassem. Before the merger with Alkemade, the municipality covered an area of 41.37 km² (25.71 mile²) ...

. In 2009, it became part of the municipality of

Notable residents

Hans Vijlbrief Johannes Alexander "Hans" Vijlbrief (born 17 August 1963) is a Dutch civil servant, economist, and politician, who currently serves as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries. He is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). ...

, born 17 August 1963, lives in Woubrugge, civil servant, economist, and State Secretary for Finance * Henk Angenent, born 1 November 1967, lives in Woubrugge, former professional ice skater. *

Margot Boer Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m. Sports career After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands m ...

, born 7 August 1985, professional ice skater, winner of two bronze medals on

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Gallery

Woubrugge kerk.jpg, Church of Woubrugge File:20170422 132751 woubrugge.jpg, Canal view File:Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Woubrugge (3).JPG, Houses in Woubrugge File:Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Woubrugge (9).JPG, House in Woubrugge

References

Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland Kaag en Braassem {{SouthHolland-geo-stub