Naarden
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 North Holland
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| local community | Gooise Meren |
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Area - land - water |
24.13 km 2 21.42 km 2 2.71 km 2 |
| Residents | 17,545 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 18 ' N , 5 ° 9' E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 035 |
| Postcodes | 1016, 1217-1218, 1261, 1271-1272, 1274, 1332, 1363, 1399, 1401-1402, 1404-1406, 1411 |
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Naarden ( ) is a fortress and a district of the municipality of Gooise Meren in the Dutch province of North Holland .
Location and economy
Naarden consists of two parts: the old fortress town and the villa quarters that were built after 1900 and form a whole with the neighboring Bussum . Naarden is located between the Gooimeer, which used to be part of the Zuiderzee , and the forest and heathland area " Het Gooi ". The city is located on the A1 Amsterdam - Amersfoort motorway , about 20 kilometers from both cities.
Tourism is the city's main source of income, although there is some industry and small business as well. Many commuters who work in Amsterdam live in Naarden .
history
Before the 14th century, Naarden was about three kilometers north of today's city, was destroyed at the beginning of the hook and cod wars and rebuilt as a fortified city (with city rights ) at the current location from 1350-1355 . From 1411 to around 1683 Naarden was a port town that was privileged to have extensive fishing rights. There was a flourishing textile industry in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The city was captured in the Eighty Years' War in 1572 by the Spaniards who murdered 700 residents after the city's surrender ( "Bloedbad van Naarden" ). In 1672 the French conquered Naarden in the Dutch War , and in the following year Wilhelm III won. from Orange-Nassau the city back. From 1675 to 1685 Naarden was transformed into a fortress town.
The famous Moravian pedagogue, theologian and philosopher Johann Amos Comenius lived temporarily in Naarden and was buried here.
When the municipality of Amsterdam bought the lake “Naardermeer” around 1905 and wanted to use it as a municipal waste dump, nature lovers, under the direction of Jac P. Thijsse, successfully protested against it. The acquisition of this first nature reserve in the Netherlands led to the establishment of the "Naturmonumente" association, which is still the most important nature conservation association in the country.
On January 1, 2016, the then independent municipality of Naarden merged with Bussum and Muiden to form the new municipality of Gooise Meren.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the municipality was dissolved in 2016, the distribution of seats was as follows:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| VVD | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5 |
| D66 | - | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| GroenLinks | 3 | 4th | 4th | 3 |
| CDA | 4th | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| PvdA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| total | 17th | 17th | 17th | 17th |
Attractions
To the west of the city lies the Naardermeer , an important bird sanctuary with cormorants , spoonbills (a subfamily of the ibis ) and other water birds. It can be visited from time to time with a guide.
Naarden has a marina; the Gooimeer, a remnant of the former Zuidersee, is nearby and offers water sports enthusiasts many opportunities.
The fortifications in the old town have been almost completely preserved. There is a museum in one of the bastions .
The Great or St. Vitus Church ( Gothic , 1380–1479) has excellent acoustics . Every year the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach is performed here by well-known singers and musicians. Naarden is also the seat of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging , one of the world's oldest organizations in the service of historical performance practice in the field of early music .
The former Stadtwaage , built in 1615, houses a Comenius Museum. A mausoleum for this thinker is in a former chapel from the 15th century.
There are still some beautiful old houses in the city center.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Salomon van Ruysdael (ca.1600), painter
- Tom Coronel (* 1972), racing car driver
- Nordin Amrabat (* 1987), football player
Other personalities
- Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670), philosopher, theologian and educator, is buried in Naarden
- Lambertus Hortensius (around 1500–1574), humanist and clergyman, was rector in Naarden
- Reedeker-Hendriks, Sara (1846–1925), painter, Naarden was her last place of residence since 1913
- Anthon van der Horst (1899–1965), organist at the Grote Kerk in Naarden
photos
town hall
de Marktstraat
Aerial view of the fortress town of Naarden
Panoramic view of the fortress from the south
Fortress gate
Great or St. Vitus Church, Naarden Fortress
Web links
- Comenius Museum website (Dutch, Czech)
- Website of the natural monuments association Natuurmonumenten (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 4, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1576: There is no great murder seen, Dan that the Spanger commit here, In a place called Narden, located in the rich Hollant, ... ( digitized version )
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2002 2006 2010 2014 , accessed on May 4, 2018 (Dutch)