Heemstede

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Heemstede municipality
Flag of the municipality of Heemstede
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Heemstede
coat of arms
province North Holland North Holland
mayor Astrid Nienhuis ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Heemstede
Area
 - land
 - water 		9.64  km 2
9.18 km 2
0.46 km 2
CBS code 0397
Residents 27,284 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 2830 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  E
Important traffic route N201 N208
prefix 023
Postcodes 2101-2106
Website Homepage of Heemstede
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Heemstede ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland , in the Zuid-Kennemerland region , on the edge of the national park of the same name . Heemstede is located south of the city of Haarlem , with which it has completely merged. The municipality has 27,284 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) and has an area of ​​9.64 km² (of which 0.46 km² is water). Audio file / audio sample

In New York (formerly Nieuw Amsterdam ) there is a district with a twisted form of Heemstede: Hempstead. This place used to be a colonial settlement near Nieuw Amsterdam.

economy

Heemstede is a " dormitory town ", most of the working people work as commuters outside of the city. The largest economic sector is the service sector.

history

Around 1290 Reynier van Holy built a castle on the Spaarne river called Heemstede (Heimstatt). There is not much left of this castle today, it is called the old castle . A village developed around the castle in the 14th century.

Through donations and purchases, the Heemstede glory reached an extent that encompassed the area of ​​today's parish of the same name and the parish of Bennebroek .

In 1620 Pieter van Ruytenburgh, Dirck de Vlaming van Oudshoorn and Jacob Bicker sold their share of the glory for 36,000 guilders to the Dutch pensioner Adriaan Pauw . He made the castle his summer residence, expanded it and bought an expensive collection of tulip bulbs. He built waterways, a school and a church. Thanks to the clean water, laundries and bleachers settled in: The laundry of the rich citizens of Amsterdam, Haarlem and Leiden was washed, ironed and bleached in Heemstede.

In 1648 Pauw went to the negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster as a Dutch envoy . After his return he built the Pons pacis (Peace Bridge ) over the moat, which can still be seen today. After his death in 1653 , Bennebroek was split off as its own glory.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Heemstede became increasingly popular as a summer residence for the wealthy merchants of the neighboring towns. In the 19th century, the French occupation and later the advent of the steam engine created considerable problems for the local laundries: more and more jobs were lost. In the middle of the 19th century Heemstede increasingly became a center of flower bulb cultivation. In 1850, 2332 people lived in 285 houses in Heemstede.

The development of the "dormitory city" began at the beginning of the 20th century with the expansion of the railway ( Heemstede-Aerdenhout station ) and tram, between 1900 and 1940 many new residential buildings were built.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
30.1
22.8
16.2
13.9
9.5
7.5
HBB
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+7.2
+1.0
-6.0
+3.6
-3.8
-2.1
HBB

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

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Heemsteeds Burger concern 2 2 5 7th
VVD 6th 7th 4th 5
D66 1 4th 5 3
GroenLinks 3 2 2 3
CDA 4th 3 3 2
PvdA 4th 3 2 1
Nieuw Heemstede 1 0 - -
total 21st 21st 21st 21st

mayor

Astrid Nienhuis ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since January 17, 2018 . The councilors Christa Kuiper ( CDA ), Sebastiaan Nieuwland ( D66 ), Heleen Hooij (VVD) as well as the community secretary Willem van den Berg belong to her team .

Partner communities

Bad Pyrmont in Lower Saxony has been Heemstede's twin town since 2000.

photos

  • Church: Sint Bavokerk

  • Church: Onze Lieve Vrouw Hemelvaartskerk

  • Water tower 1910–1911

  • Country house: Huys te Manpad

  • Monument at the Herenweg-Manpadslaan

Further information

The national horticultural exhibition, which is now called Floriade and is held every 10 years, took place in Heemstede three times (1925, 1935 and 1953) . The exhibition venue was the 80 hectare forest area Groenendaal in the south of the municipality. The Racing Club Heemstede football club was twice national champions in the Netherlands: in 1923 and 1953.

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ^ Vaderlandsch woordenboek. 35 deelen, by Jacobus Kok, parts 23-24, p. 108
  4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on May 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on May 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ^ College van B&W Gemeente Heemstede, accessed on May 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  7. ↑ Entry about the twin town Heemstede on the homepage of the partnership association Bad Pyrmont eV Accessed on April 22, 2019, 11:05 pm