Enkhuizen

This article covers the city in the Dutch province of North Holland. For the Dutch jazz musician, see Joe van Enkhuizen .

Enkhuizen municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Holland
mayor	Eduard van Zuijlen ( independent )
Seat of the municipality	Enkhuizen
Area  - land  - water	116.25  km 2 12.69 km 2 103.56 km 2
CBS code	0388
Residents	18,507 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	159 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 42 ′  N , 5 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′  N , 5 ° 17 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0228
Postcodes	1601-1602
Website	Homepage of Enkhuizen

Enkhuizen ( listen ^{? / I} ) ( West Frisian Henkhúze ) is a municipality in the north of the Dutch province of North Holland in the West Friesland region . The places Oosterdijk and Westeinde also belong to Enkhuizen.

Location and economy

Enkhuizen is a popular port for excursions in the western part of the IJsselmeer . In the summer months there are also regular boat connections to Stavoren and Urk . The city has a railway connection with Amsterdam via Hoorn , Purmerend and Zaanstad . A road leads to Lelystad over the Markerwaarddeich ( Houtribdijk ), which separates the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer .

For the Enkhuiz economy, fishing is no longer important, in contrast to tourism (water sports, city center). The agriculture of the area is also important, in addition to the cultivation of cabbage and other vegetables, ornamental flowers and plants are grown , the seeds of which are widely traded.

history

Map van Enkhuizen from 1652, from Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden

Around the year 1000 there was already a settlement here. In 1296, the already important village of Enkhuizen was partly burned down in a dispute that cost Count Floris V his life. The place received city rights in 1355. In the Middle Ages it was the starting point for disputes between the Frisians , the Dutch and the Duchy of Geldern several times . Enkhuizen developed into an important center of the herring fishery ; new harbors were built and around 1600 300 of Holland's 500 herring vessels were active from Enkhuizen. When the Dutch East India Company was established in 1603 , Enkhuizen was also involved. At the end of its heyday in 1652, Enkhuizen was a big city with over 25,000 inhabitants for the time. The actual city center was larger at that time: the Kuhtor and remains of the city walls are in an area that is now part of the outer quarter.

The cause of the subsequent relapse was the increasing trade competition at home (Amsterdam) and abroad (England). Like Monnickendam , Edam , Hoorn and Medemblik , Enkhuizen became one of the so-called “dead” cities on the Zuidersee. Only with the advent of horticulture and tourism around 1900 did the community recover. Today, the city benefits primarily from water tourism in the summer months.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

30th

20th

10

0

23.0

13.4

12.2

11.2

11.1

9.3

8.2

5.9

5.7

SP

VVD

CDA

D66

NE

PvdA

HEA

CU / SGP

VE

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-0.1

+2.6

+1.2

-4.3

+1.5

-0.7

+2.9

-0.7

+5.7

SP

VVD

CDA

D66

NE

PvdA

HEA

CU / SGP

VE

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
SP	2	3	4th	4th
VVD	-	-	2	2
CDA	2	2	2	2
D66	-	-	2	2
Nieuw Enkhuizen	4th	3	2	2
PvdA	4th	3	2	2
Het Enkhuizer Alternatief	-	-	1	1
ChristenUnie / SGP	-	1	1	1
Before Enkhuizen	-	-	-	1
Lijst tassels	-	1	1	-
Paljas	-	-	0	-
VVD / D66	2	3	-	-
GroenLinks	1	1	-	-
ChristenUnie	2	-	-	-
total	17th	17th	17th	17th

Events

The Enkhuizen Jazz Festival has been held in the historic old town of Enkhuizen since 1974. It takes place on the first weekend in June and lasts four days.

Attractions

Zuiderkerk

Drommedaris at the harbor

Coepoort

Significant structures

• Drommedaristors (1540)
• Stadhuis (town hall, 17th century)
• Zuiderkerk (15th century)
• Westerkerk (15th century)
• Koepoort (1649)
• many houses from the 17th and 18th centuries

Museums

• Zuiderzeemuseum ( Inland and Buiten Museum )
• Waagmuseum (local things ; modern art; often changing exhibitions)
• Bottle ship museum

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (1533 / 1534–1605 / 1606), navigator, editor of the first printed collection of nautical charts in Europe
• Dirck Gerritz Pomp (1544–1608), navigator and explorer
• Johannes Antonides van der Linden (1609–1664), physician, botanist and librarian
• Paulus Potter (1625-1654), painter
• Leo Elders (1926-2019), theologian
• Corry Vreeken (* 1928), chess player
• Jan Ruiter (* 1946), soccer goalkeeper
• Gerrit Zalm (* 1952), politician

People who worked in Enkhuizen

• Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563–1611), merchant, author and explorer
• Bernardus Paludanus (1550–1633), doctor and botanist, owned a famous cabinet of rarities

Web links

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

Wikisource: Enckhusen in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Result of the local elections , accessed on May 1, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014–2018 , accessed on May 1, 2018 (Dutch)