Rijnwoude

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Rijnwoude
Flag of the place Rijnwoude
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Rijnwoude
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn
Area
 - land
 - water 		57.89  km 2
56.67 km 2
1.22 km 2
Residents 18,484 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Coordinates 52 ° 6 ′  N , 4 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′  N , 4 ° 35 ′  E
Important traffic route N11 N209 N455
prefix 0172, 071, 079
Postcodes 2351, 2382, 2391, 2394, 2396, 2731
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Rijnwoude ( listen ? / I ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands , province of South Holland , which has belonged to the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn since January 1, 2014 . Audio file / audio sample

places

  • Hazerswoude , which consists of the districts Hazerswoude - Dorp (village) and Hazerswoude - Rijndijk (Rhine dike); the municipal administration is located here
  • Benthuizen , in the south, towards Zoetermeer
  • Koudekerk aan den Rijn , in the west, towards Leiden.

Location and economy

The municipality is located on the Oude Rijn , between Leiden , Zoetermeer and Boskoop . The nearest railway station is in Leiden, which is about seven kilometers west of Hazerswoude-Rijndijk.

There are several factories in Koudekerk that manufacture bricks, roof tiles, etc. Agriculture is the main source of income for the community.

Since the sights are limited to the Gothic village church of Koudekerk, some windmills and farms, which cannot be visited from the inside, and a small local museum, tourism is of little importance.

Some windmills

  • Benthuizen, mill: de Haas

  • Hazerswoude-Dorp, mill: Nieuw Leven

history

At the point where Hazerswoude-Rijndijk is now, a Roman settlement is said to have been around 50 AD. In 1281 the area of ​​the municipality belonged to a Mr. Dirk (Dietrich) van Teylingen, a member of an important noble family in South Holland. He spent land in so-called "copen" (see for an explanation of this term: Boskoop (Netherlands) ), and the bog was reclaimed, later peat was cut and sold to the neighboring city of Leiden. Thus, the country went under, but the lakes in this way were again in the 17th and 18th centuries eingepoldert , and again was fertile farmland. In the late Middle Ages, Koudekerk was an "ambacht", a glory that had its own jurisdiction under Mr. Van Poelgeest , including blood jurisdiction .

The municipalities Alphen aan den Rijn , Boskoop and Rijnwoude merged on January 1, 2014. The new municipality has around 106,000 inhabitants and takes over the existing name Alphen aan den Rijn .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party Seats
1998 2002 2006 2010
D66 2 2 1 4th
VVD 4th 3 3 4th
CDA 5 6th 5 4th
PvdA 4th 4th 4th 3
ChristenUnie / SGP - 2 2 2
Lijst van der Breggen - - 2 -
SGP / RPF 2 - - -
total 17th 17th 17th 17th

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Fusie Alphen aan den Rijn met Boskoop en Rijnwoude is round. In: Omroep West. May 16, 2013, accessed May 20, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Het nieuwe woordmerk moved. In: alphens.nl. May 8, 2013, accessed May 20, 2018 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1998–2002 2006 2010 , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)