Zaandijk () is a town in the
municipality
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Zaanstad
Zaanstad () is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of in .
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province
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of
North Holland
North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...
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. It lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
and had a population of 8,686 in 2017.
[Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005']
As of 1 January 2005. Zaandijk is one of the smallest villages in
Zaanstad
Zaanstad () is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of in .
Topography
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, having a surface area of 209 hectare.
History
The first citizens of Zaandijk were members of the family of Hendrik Pietersz who moved into 'de Lage dijk' (The Lower Dike) in the year 1494. De Lagedijk still exists in Zaandijk. In 1570 the town consisted of 19 houses. These dwellings were burned by the Spaniards in 1572, during the
Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...
. The town began to prosper and grow following the return of the populace.
Zaandijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality Zaanstad.
Notable people
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Anna Maria Tobbe
Anna Maria Tobbe (1838–1886) was a Dutch pharmacist.F. van Soeren: Doctores, meesters, apothecars en artsen. Feiten uit de Zaanse geneeskunde in de 19e eeuw, Wormerveer, 1998 She was the second female pharmacist in the Netherlands, but the f ...
(1838–1886) was one of the first female Dutch pharmacists.
[F. van Soeren: Doctores, meesters, apothecars en artsen. Feiten uit de Zaanse geneeskunde in de 19e eeuw, Wormerveer, 1998 ]
Gallery
Image:zaandijk.jpg, Zaandijk
Image:Zaanseschans.jpg, Typical Dutch windmills at sunset, ''Zaanse Schans''
File:River Zaan Zaanstad 0006.jpg, Sunset on the river Zaan in Zaanstad
Zaanstad () is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of in .
Topography
Popul ...
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Zaanstad
Populated places in North Holland
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