Medemblik

Medemblik municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Holland
mayor	Frank Streng ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Wognum
Area  - land  - water	257.56  km 2 121.45 km 2 136.11 km 2
CBS code	0420
Residents	44,829 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	174 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 6 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0227, 0228, 0229
Postcodes	1619, 1654-1655, 1657-1658, 1671, 1674, 1676, 1678-1679, 1681-1688, 1691-1693
Website	Medemblik homepage

Map of the city center of Medemblik

Medemblik city center

At the marina

railway station

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Medemblik ( listen ^{? / I} ) ( West Frisian Memelik ) is a Dutch city ​​and municipality in the province of North Holland . The municipality of Medemblik, as it existed until December 31, 2006, had 7,744 inhabitants. The large municipality of Medemblik, which was formed on January 1, 2007 from Medemblik, Noorder-Koggenland and Wognum , has 44,829 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). On January 1, 2011, the communities Andijk and Wervershoof were added.

Location and economy

Medemblik is located in the northeast of the province, on the coast of the IJsselmeer , not far from the former island of Wieringen . The distance to Amsterdam is about 65 km. There are numerous businesses (mostly small businesses). Agriculture is important in the area, as is water sports tourism.

Local division

The municipality of Medemblik consists of the villages Abbekerk, Andijk, Benningbroek, Hauwert, Lambertschaag, Midwoud, Nibbixwoud, Onderdijk, Oostwoud, Opperdoes, Sijbekarspel, Twisk, Wervershoof, Wognum, Zwaagdijk-Oost and Zwaagdijk-West and the city of Medemblik.

history

Medemblik was mentioned in a document in the 10th century as Medemalacha (at the middle of the water Ach or A). Count Floris V of Holland had Radboud Castle built there in 1288 , named after a legendary king of the Frisians who settled this area in the early Middle Ages.

A year later, the Frisian still in some ways Medemblik got the Floris city charter . Between 1296 and 1299 Medemblik was the nucleus of an uprising against Holland. The city ​​was also hit by the turmoil of a civil war in 1492 and 1517 (conquered by Grote Pier ).

During the Eighty Years' War Medemblik came to the Protestants through the intervention of the Geusen under Sonoy . A striving for independence ended in 1588 with the capture of the city by Moritz von Nassau .

Since the economic rivals Hoorn and Enkhuizen were easier to approach for the ships, Medemblik fell back to a small town in the 17th century.

Attractions

Of Radboud Castle (Kasteel Radboud) are two original residential wing, which can be visited on Sundays afternoon (in summer also on other days). There is an exhibition about the life of the West Frisians in the Middle Ages and the history of the city and its castle. The extent of the old fortress , which was built to subdue the West Frisians, can still be seen in the area surrounded by a moat. In 1889 the facility was renovated and saved from deterioration. From 1900 to the early 1930s, the Medemblik District Court was housed in one room.

In the city center, the church of St. Bonifatius ( 16th century ), the city ​​scales (1692, local history museum) and some old houses are worth seeing.

On the IJsselmeer in front of the town there is a marina, the Medemblik Regatta Center. There are three other ports in the village: the Oosterhaven and the Westerhaven, separated by a bascule bridge , and the Pekelharinghaven, the former soccer field.

There is a museum railway to Hoorn .

In the Bakkerijmuseum De Oude Bakkerij (The Old Bakery Museum ) in the Nieuwstraat, the production of breads, rolls, cakes, tarts and biscuits is demonstrated. The Nederlands Stoommachine Museum (Dutch Steam Engine Museum), a few hundred meters outside the city on the Oosterdijk, shows historic steam engines .

Picture gallery

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  Radboud Castle

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  Medemblik, church: de Sint Martinuskerk

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  Medemblik, church: Grote of Sint Bonifaciuskerk

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  Mill De Herder

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  Dutch Steam Engine Museum

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  In the bakery museum

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

30th

20th

10

0

21.6

20.5

17.2

8.0

7.3

7.1

6.5

4.5

4.0

3.3

VVD

CDA

GB

PWF

D66

PvdA

GL

PW

CU

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+4.1

-2.2

+2.3

+1.7

-3.5

+0.3

+2.5

-1.3

-0.8

-3.2

VVD

CDA

GB

PWF

D66

PvdA

GL

PW

CU

Otherwise.

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

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
VVD	4th	8th	5	6th
CDA	7th	6th	7th	6th
Community concerns	4th	3	4th	5
Progressief West Friesland	2	-	2	2
D66	-	1	3	2
PvdA	3	3	2	2
GroenLinks	-	-	1	1
Progressive Wervershoof	-	1	1	1
ChristenUnie	-	1	1	1
BAMM	-	-	1	1
Onafhankelijke Westfriese Partij	1	1	0	-
Progressief West-Friesland / GroenLinks	-	2	-	-
Andijker concern	-	1	-	-
total	21st	27	27	27

mayor

Frank Streng ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since July 1, 2011 . His colleagues include Joset Fit ( Gemeentebelangen ), Andrea van Langen (VVD), Harry Nederpelt ( CDA ), Dirk Kuipers ( PvdA ) and the municipal secretary Jaap Zwaan .

Web links

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

• 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: 2014 2018 , accessed on May 17, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on May 17, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ^ Nieuwe burgemeesters Bodegraven-Reeuwijk en Medemblik. In: de Volkskrant . De Persgroep Nederland , June 17, 2011, accessed May 17, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Samenstelling college van B en W Gemeente Medemblik, accessed on May 17, 2018 (Dutch)