Oudorp () is a neighbourhood of

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

and former village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province 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 ...

. It is located about east of the city centre. The village has been annexed by Alkmaar since 1972.

History

The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Aldenthorf, and means "old village". Oudorp developed on a beach wall. Between 1278 and 1288, the castles Middelburg and Nieuwburg were built by order of

Floris V, Count of Holland Floris V (24 June 1254 – 27 June 1296) reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler. He is credited with a mostly peaceful reign, modern ...

. Both castles were destroyed in 1517. During the

Siege of Alkmaar The siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish (who had set up their camp in Oudorp) between 21 August and 8 October 1573, with boiling tar and burning bra ...

in 1573, the Spanish army was stationed in Oudorp. The Dutch Reformed church is built on a ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...

'' (artificial living hill). It was damaged by war in 1573, and the

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

was reconstructed in the late-16th century. In 1858, it was extensively modified. The tower collapsed in 1867, and the front of the church was later rebuilt. Four of the six original ''polder'' mills which were built around 1630 still exists. Oudorp was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1972, when it was annexed with

. Oudorp was home to 225 people in 1840. It has become more of a neighbourhood of

ever since in the 1970s and the 1980s the area around it had been built up to become a residential area. The residential area connected Oudorp with the city of

Gallery

File:Huizen Schermereiland Eilandswal Oudorp.JPG, Houses in Oudorp File:Gem. mon. Herenweg 86, Oudorp1.JPG, House in Oudorp File:Flatgebouwen in aanbouw Tussen ongeveer de jaren 1960 en 1990 heeft de Afdeling Monumentenzorg van d - RAA-DMGA-00525 - RAA Elsinga.jpg, Construction of modern apartment buildings in Oudorp (1980) File:Voormalig Raadhuis Oudorp.JPG, Former town hall

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Alkmaar