Holland (Michigan)
| Holland | |||
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| Nickname : The Tulip City | |||
Location in Michigan
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1847 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Michigan | ||
| Counties : |
Ottawa County Allegan County |
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| Coordinates : | 42 ° 48 ′ N , 86 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
33,051 (status: 2010) 259,671 (status: 2000) |
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| Population density : | 770.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 44.5 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 42.9 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 202 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 49422-49424 | ||
| Area code : | +1 616, 269 | ||
| FIPS : | 26-38640 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0628421 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofholland.com | ||
| Mayor : | Al McGeehan | ||
Holland is a city in the west of the US state Michigan , United States . It is located on the Black River a few miles from Lake Michigan . Most of the city is in Ottawa County , although its borders extend into Allegan County . The city currently has a population of 33,051 (status: Census 2010) and has a small local airport, Tulip Airport.
history
The region of what is now Ottawa County was originally populated by Ottawa Indians. In 1846 Reverend Alex Tomasik founded the Old Wing Mission for the local population. In 1847 the first European settlers settled in the region (Calvinist separatists from the Netherlands).
The wave of emigration to this region was essentially initiated by a pamphlet by the Dutch preacher Albertus Christian van Raalte. In this writing of May 25, 1846, he called for the separation of state and church and called for emigration. Together with the first emigrants, van Raalte founded the Dutch colony Black Lake in the US state of Michigan in 1847, from which the city of Holland emerged. Many Dutch and people from Bentheim County followed Van Raalte to Michigan. The first Grafschafter settled around 5 km south of Holland and founded the towns of Graafschap and Bentheim.
The operating in the city in 1989 Methodist youth pastor Jamie Tinklenberg the Wesleyan Church of Holland came to the question of the writer Charles Sheldon, "What would Jesus do?" He came with a request to the businessmen Ken and Mike Freestone approach, badges with the short-term WWJD produce . They produced badges and also brought out a bracelet with the expression on it. These bracelets quickly spread among young American Evangelical Christians .
In 1997, Holland celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first settlers. The inscription " God zy met ons " in the city seal and the city coat of arms with the windmill "DeZwaan" still reminds of the Dutch ancestors .
Culture
The tulip festival is celebrated annually in spring. These celebrations last longer than a week. The festival traditionally takes place in the second week of May.
education
Holland has an important college, Hope College, which was founded in 1866 by the Reformed Church in America (German: Reformed Church of America). Today, courses in arts, humanities, natural and social sciences are offered. The college has around 3,200 students.
The church founder and television preacher Robert Schuller studied theology here from 1943 to 1947, as did his son Robert Anthony Schuller in the 1970s.
economy
Several larger companies have branches or subsidiaries based in Holland:
- Johnson Controls (JCI) has a subsidiary in Holland, where seats and interiors for vehicles are manufactured. With 3,000 jobs, JCI is one of the largest employers in the city.
- The Kraft Heinz Company has been operating the world's largest cucumber factory in Holland since 1897.
- The furniture manufacturer Haworth, Inc. has its world headquarters in Holland.
- The American automotive supplier Adient has a branch in Holland.
- The machine manufacturer BuhlerPrince, Inc., a company of the Buhler Group , has a branch in Holland.
- The headquarters of the US subsidiary of the machine manufacturer for the agricultural industry Big Dutchman is located in Holland.
- The Paderborn-based automotive supplier Benteler has a Benteler Aluminum Systems plant in Holland.
tourism
In Holland, the Tulip Time Festival has taken place every year in May since 1929. At that time, 250,000 tulips were planted. Today 6 million tulips grow in Holland. The flower beds are located along streets, in urban parks and in front of public buildings throughout the city, as well as in tourist attractions such as the Dutch Village, Windmill Island Gardens and the tulip farm Veldheer Tulips Gardens.
Other tourist attractions are:
- Holland State Park with the red lighthouse
- the wooden shoe and porcelain factory (DeKlomp Wooden Shoe & Delft Factory)
Daughters and sons of the city
- Betsy DeVos (* 1958), entrepreneur, education activist and philanthropist
- Gerrit J. Diekema (1859–1930), politician
- Laurel Massé (* 1951), jazz and cabaret singer
- James Michael (* 1967), record producer and musician
- Erik Prince (* 1969), entrepreneur
- William C. Vandenberg (1884–1971), Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- Luke Witkowski (* 1990), ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Moore: History of Michigan, Vol. I. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1915, pp. 529-531.
- ↑ Randall Balmer: WWJD In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 769 (English).
- ^ Hope College website
- ↑ JCI Interiors - one of Holland's largest employers , MLive, May 19, 2014
- ↑ Kraft Heinz to invest $ 17 million at Holland plant to produce all Gray Poupon mustard , in Crains Detroit on May 18, 2016
- ↑ Information about the company , information about history and branches on the company website
- ^ Adient Ltd. & Co. KG / Adient closes separation from Johnson Controls . In: finanzen.net . ( adient.com [accessed December 22, 2016]).
- ↑ Information about the branch , website of the Bühler Group, accessed on February 14, 2017
- ↑ Contact address of the branch , company website
- ↑ Big Dutchman is celebrating the expansion of the US headquarters with an open day ( memento of the original from February 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notification dated October 10, 2014 on the company's website
- ↑ Information about the branches ( memento of the original dated February 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Company website, accessed February 14, 2017
- ^ Website of the tulip festival Tulip Time
- ↑ Locations of the tulips ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , own information from Tulip Time
- ↑ Overview of the tourist attractions , Holland Convention & Visitors Bureau
