Lijnden
| province |
 North Holland
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| local community |
 Haarlemmermeer
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Area - land - water |
7.46 km 2 7.14 km 2 0.32 km 2 |
| Residents | 860 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 21 ′ N , 4 ° 45 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
    
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| prefix | 020, 023 |
| Postcodes | 1060, 1067, 1118, 1171, 1175, 2143 |
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Lijnden is a village in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the Dutch province of North Holland . The village is named after one of the three pumping stations that keep the Haarlemmermeer dry: Gemaal De Lynden . In 2017 the village had 860 inhabitants.
geography
The place is in the northeast of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The A9 motorway runs south of the town, and Amsterdam 's Schiphol Airport is also to the south . In the northwest the A5 motorway crosses the A9 and leads past the village. The suburbs of Amsterdam begin in the east.
history
In the Middle Ages there were several lakes in the region, which grew together around 1500 due to peat extraction and poor dykes and formed the Haarlemmermeer, then the largest lake in the Netherlands. In 1836 two huge storms drove the water to the gates of Amsterdam and Leiden . It was decided to drain it. The ring canal and the ring dike were built between 1840 and 1845 . In 1847 and 1848 several pumping stations were built, including the neo-Gothic station with eight pumps in Lijnden. Baron van Lynden van Hemmen was named after the pumping station in the northeast of the polder . The pumps began to work in 1849, and in 1852 the Haarlemmermeer was drained. In the following year the sale and settlement of the newly reclaimed land began.
economy
Lijnden is the seat of the Dutch airline Corendon Dutch Airlines .
Attractions
The “Gemaal De Lynden” pumping station is a Dutch imperial monument .
Web links
- Village Council website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 4, 2018 (Dutch)