Anna Paulownapolder
The Anna Paulownapolder is a polder in the municipality Hollands Kroon in the province of North Holland . The polder has a size of 5000 hectares and forms an important horticultural area u. a. for growing flower bulbs .
The polder was named after Queen Anna Pavlovna ( Anna Paulowna in the Netherlands ), the wife of King Willem II .
history
The area in which the Anna Paulownapolder is located was used for agriculture from the 7th century to the 12th century. This was followed by a long period of flooding, which left the area.
After new land was gained by piling up the floodplain around the later town of Zijpe , other areas in the so-called Kop van Noord-Holland were gradually polded. The last to be drained in 1846 was the Anna Paulownapolder. For the private Maatschappij tot Droogmaking van de Anna Paulownapolder founded for this purpose, however, it was not an economic success, as the land in the polder was hardly sellable. In order to be able to use it as arable land, many years had to pass before the sea salt was washed out of the soil. In 1848 the company declared its bankruptcy.
Just as the area around the new polder was part of the later town of Zijpe, the polder was officially part of the municipality from 1870 until it was incorporated into Schagen and was given the name Anna Paulowna in honor of her reign from 1840 to 1849.
A neighboring town to the west also bears this name (now part of Hollands Kroon).
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Bremer: HOGE HEREN VAN (DE) ZIJPE EN OMSTREKEN: Johan Carel de Leeuw (1816-1880)
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 ′ 5.7 ″ N , 4 ° 51 ′ 23.2 ″ E