De Ronde Veins

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De Ronde Venen municipality
Flag of the municipality of De Ronde Venen
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of De Ronde Venen
coat of arms
province Utrecht Utrecht
mayor Maarten Divendal ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality Mijdrecht
Area
 - land
 - water 		116.98  km 2
100.77 km 2
16.21 km 2
CBS code 0736
Residents 44,125 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 377 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 54'  E
Important traffic route A2 E35 N196 N201 N212 N463
prefix 0297
Postcodes 3640-3645
Website Homepage of De Ronde Venen
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De Ronde Venen ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht . Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

The municipality is 10 to 15 kilometers south of Amsterdam and 20 kilometers northwest of Utrecht . The A2 Amsterdam-Utrecht motorway runs east of Vinkeveen.

There is hardly any public transport in the municipality. Buses go to Uithoorn and Utrecht.

The main sources of income in De Ronde Venen are tourism (water sports on the lakes) and livestock. There are also many commuters who have a job in Amsterdam, Hilversum or Utrecht.

places

De Ronde Venen consists of the following villages; between brackets the approximate number of inhabitants (2005):

  • Abcoude
  • Amstelhoek (1,000)
  • Baambrugge
  • De Hoef (900)
  • Mijdrecht (16,600): seat of the municipal administration
  • Stokkelaarsbrug
  • Vinkeveen (8,400)
  • Waverveen (800)
  • Wilnis (6,600)

history

De Ronde Venen is a typical Dutch deep moor area . The German king Otto I donated the area around Wilnis, Mijdrecht and Vinkeveen to the bishop of Utrecht in 953 . Bishop Konrad von Utrecht donated the moor, which was not reclaimed at the time, to the brothers of the Johanneskirche in Utrecht in 1085 . The first tentative attempts to farm here began. The area is almost completely surrounded by small rivers. Fields arose, surrounded by drainage ditches, which were wider at the edge of the circle than towards the inside of the circle. They were roughly shaped like slices from a round cake. This division of the plot can still be seen when observing the area from the air. As the drained soil began to settle, water levels rose, and land was being dug away by the peat extraction begun around 1400 , flooding became an increasingly serious problem. It wasn't until the 19th century, when polders were created, that the water was mastered again. The Vinkeveense Plassen were not drained. The last dike was dyed in 1926, but the peat mining did not finally disappear until 1970. On March 24, 1944, resistance fighters against the German occupiers at the time carried out a successful attack on the rationing office, so that many hiding people were able to receive allocation cards and thus food. A memorial in the village still reminds of this. The village of Mijdrecht experienced a temporary economic boom as an industrial core after around 1950.

Tourism

Vinkeveen is known for water sports tourism on the lakes ( Vinkeveense Plassen ). The village has two marinas, many campsites, a swimming pool, several restaurants, etc. The "Vinkeveense Plassen" are an excellent fishing area, especially pikeperch and pike can be caught as stately specimens (over 100 cm). Due to overfishing in recent years, there are catch restrictions. It is strictly controlled.

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : De Ronde Venen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)