Boskoop (Netherlands)

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Boskoop
Flag of Boskoop place
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Boskoop's coat of arms
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province South Holland South Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn
Area
 - land
 - water
16.95  km 2
14.88 km 2
2.07 km 2
Residents 15,535 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 4 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E
Important traffic route N207 N455
prefix 0172
Postcodes 2332, 2391, 2405, 2407, 2409, 2411, 2741-2742, 2771

Boskoop ( listen ? / I ) is a village and a former municipality in the Netherlands , province of South Holland , with 15,535 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The community was about 17 km². On January 1, 2014, it merged with the municipalities of Alphen aan den Rijn and Rijnwoude and took over the existing name Alphen aan den Rijn . Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Boskoop lies roughly in the middle of a triangle between Leiden , Gouda and Alphen aan den Rijn . It is on the country road and the local railroad between the last two cities.

The main source of income for the place are the tree nurseries and market gardens . All kinds of ornamental and fruit trees, but also roses, are grown. Boskoop has one of the largest concentrations of tree nurseries in all of Europe; the crops are exported to all of Europe.

The famous appleSchöner aus Boskoop ” owes its name to the place.

There is also some industry and trade in the village.

Site, sights

The community is characterized by small plots that are separated by numerous narrow moats. The boggy, swampy but very fertile soil is drained in this way. In the past, these ditches were dug out and the sludge released was used as a suitable fertilizer.

In the village there is a small museum dedicated to tree nurseries and their history ( Boomkwekerijmuseum ).

history

The second member of the name Boskoop, in medieval Dutch cope (German: purchase, land acquired by purchase contract) can be explained by the fact that the Count of Holland or the local ruler provided a farmer with a desolate piece of moor for a fee to cultivate it to make: the buyer also became the owner of the land. This term can also be found in other place names in South Holland and Utrecht , such as Nieuwkoop, Heen Boeicop and others.

Boskoop was already known under the name Ten Bussche ( German  Zum Busch ) in 1204 . It was given to a monastery by the then Count of Holland in 1222, actually a pen for noble ladies. As in the whole area, Boskoop is in a fen ( laagveen located). Unlike in neighboring towns such as Rijnwoude , the peat was not extracted. First, because the distance to the cities was greater, and so the transport costs were higher, and second, because the fertile soil had been used for growing fruit trees since the village was founded in the 13th century. These nurseries have remained the main source of income for Boskoop to this day. From around 1870 the quality and quantity of the products had increased so that the plants were exported to Germany and other countries.

The municipalities Alphen aan den Rijn , Boskoop and Rijnwoude merged on January 1, 2014. The new municipality has around 106,000 inhabitants and takes over the existing name Alphen aan den Rijn .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party Seats
1998 2002 2006 2010
VVD 4th 4th 3 5
CDA 4th 6th 5 5
GroenLinks 2 2 2 2
ChristenUnie / SGP - 2 3 2
D66 1 1 1 2
PvdA 2 2 3 1
SGP / RPF 2 - - -
total 15th 17th 17th 17th

Town twinning

Germany Bruchköbel , Germany since 1984

Daughters and sons of the city

Web links

Commons : Boskoop  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. Fusie Alphen aan den Rijn met Boskoop en Rijnwoude is round. In: Omroep West. May 16, 2013, accessed May 20, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. Het nieuwe woordmerk moved. In: alphens.nl. May 8, 2013, accessed May 20, 2018 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1998–2002 2006 2010 , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)