Vogelenzang is a village in the municipality of

Bloemendaal Bloemendaal () is a municipality and town in the Western Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. It is located just west of Haa ...

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. The name "Vogelenzang" is Dutch for "

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Attractions

The ''Huis te Vogelenzang'' (House at Vogelenzang) was built circa 1600 by the Counts of Holland and was rebuilt in a

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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

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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 The 5th World Scout Jamboree (Dutch: ''5e Wereldjamboree'') was the World Scout Jamboree where 81-year-old Robert Baden-Powell gave his farewell. Organizational details The Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal in the Netherlands was opened on 31 ...

, 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 {{NorthHolland-geo-stub