Neck (Wormerland)

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Neck
province North Holland North Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Wormerland Wormerland
Area
 - land
 - water 		0.54  km 2
0.53 km 2
0.01 km 2
Residents 960 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 55 ′  E
prefix 0299
Postcodes 1456
Location of Neck in the municipality of Wormerland
Location of Neck in the municipality of WormerlandTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map
Partial view of the place

Neck is a settlement in the district of Wijdewormer in the municipality of Wormerland in the Dutch province of North Holland .

geography

Surroundings of the place

The place is in the extreme northeast of a polder called De Wijde Wormer and three kilometers west of the city of Purmerend . Smaller parts of the settlement lie east of the main town, beyond the ring dike of the polder and south of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal .

history

Originally, the name of the place referred to a strip of land between two inland lakes, the Beemster and Wormer Sea , which connects to the east of the ring dike. A village called Nek was located on this headland as early as the twelfth century . Until 1582 this place belonged to the city and former hogen of vrijen Heerlijkheid von Purmerend en Purmerland .

The polder, on which the majority of today's settlement lies, was drained in 1626.

In 1812 the place became part of the municipality of Jisp , in 1817 it became part of the municipality of Wijdewormer and in 1991 this became part of the newly founded municipality of Wormerland.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 19, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ De Wijde Wormer. In: Wijde Wormer Journaal. Retrieved July 28, 2014 (Dutch, historical map).
  3. ↑ a b Neck. In: Waterlands Archief. Centrum voor regionaal historically onderzoek, accessed on February 24, 2016 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ De oorsprong van Wijdewormer en het dorp Neck. Stichting Cultuurhistorie Wijdewormer, accessed on July 28, 2014 (Dutch).
  5. ^ Wijdewormer. Gemeente Wormerland, archived from the original on August 11, 2014 ; Retrieved February 24, 2016 (Dutch).