Lisse

Lisse municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
mayor	Read Spruit ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Lisse
Area  - land  - water	16.05  km 2 15.69 km 2 0.36 km 2
CBS code	0553
Residents	22,797 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	1420 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 16 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0252
Postcodes	2161-2163
Website	Homepage of Lisse

Lisse, field with tulips

Boat trip on the Lisser Beek across tulip fields

Lisse ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality and a village in the Netherlands , province of South Holland . The municipality has 22,797 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) on a total area of ​​16.05 km².

Location and economy

Lisse is halfway between Leiden and Haarlem (distance each about 12 km). The nearest train station is in Sassenheim, 4 km away, on the Schiphol - Leiden - The Hague line . The village lies behind the dunes , east of Noordwijkerhout and less than 10 km east of the North Sea .

Lisse is a village of bulb growers . The sandy, chalky soil, so-called "geestgrond", is very suitable for this. Lisse is the headquarters of the Bakker plant shipping company . The research and training center PPO is located in Lisse. It is mainly concerned with the properties and breeding of plants that grow from flower bulbs. It is now a branch of Wageningen University . To the west of the village is the former country estate "Keukenhof" (see below), a tourist destination that is known worldwide.

history

The area around Lisse was already inhabited 2000 years ago by the Germanic tribe of the Caninefats or Cananefats. It is possible that people have lived here even earlier, as an ax was found during archaeological excavations , which bearers of the Vlaardingen culture probably used. The village of Lisse was first mentioned in a document in 1198 . Between 1401 and 1436 , the Countess of Holland, Jacoba von Baiern , had the kitchen herb garden (Keukenhof) of Teylingen Castle laid out here. Up until the late 17th century it was a poor village, administered by the landlord of Noordwijkerhout . But then the cultivation of tulips came up, which turned out to be very productive in the Lisser Boden. In 1623 a small lake was drained (Poelpolder, now a new district in Liss). The country estates in the wooded area were all demolished between 1700 and 1900, or cleared in order to be able to plant bulb fields. Around 1900 the Reichsfachschule for flower bulb cultivation was established. The Keukenhof was in 1949 for the first time openly asked the tourists.

Attractions

The Keukenhof in the northern municipal area is known worldwide , a delightful, large park in which the most beautiful tulips and other onion blossoms are shown every spring . It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Netherlands.

The following are also noteworthy:

• the many tulip fields
• the flower parade , every year in the second half of April
• the ruins of Dever Castle, south of the village (a tower from 1370 )

Town hall and church of Lisse

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.2

21.9

19.3

16.9

11.5

8.2

CDA

NL

D66

VVD

CU / SGP

PvdA

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+2.3

-2.8

+0.7

+1.1

-1.0

-0.4

CDA

NL

D66

VVD

CU / SGP

PvdA

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

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
CDA	4th	3	4th	5
Nieuw Lisse	3	4th	5	4th
D66	3	3	4th	4th
VVD	3	5	3	3
ChristenUnie / SGP	2	2	2	2
PvdA	4th	2	1 a	1
total	19th	19th	19th	19th

^aThe Partij van de Arbeid participated in the 2014 election together with GroenLinks .

mayor

Lies Spruit ( PvdA ) has been in office since January 2, 2012, initially as provisional and from November 5, 2014 as official mayor. The councilors include Kees van der Zwet ( CDA ), Jeanet van der Laan ( D66 ), Jolanda Langeveld ( Nieuw Lisse ) and the municipal secretary Jan Schellevis .

Town twinning

• Tonami , Japan

sons and daughters of the town

• Bastiaan Ragas (* 1971), singer, actor, musical performer and presenter
• Gert-Jan Segers (* 1969), author and politician
• Adrianus Johannes Simonis (* 1931), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht and Cardinal
• Geer van Velde (1898–1977), painter
• Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927–1977), flight captain of the KLM

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Keukenhof website (German, Dutch, English, French)
• Tourist board website (English, Dutch)
• Flower Parade website (German, Dutch, English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 4, 2018 (Dutch)  
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 4, 2018 (Dutch)  
4. ↑ Read Spruit waarnemer in Lisse. In: Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters. Retrieved June 4, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Read Spruit (59) kroonbenoemde burgemeester van Lisse. In: Omroep West. October 13, 2014, accessed June 4, 2018 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Collegeleden  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gemeente Lisse, accessed June 4, 2018 (Dutch)