Rijnsburg

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Rijnsburg
Flag of the place Rijnsburg
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Rijnsburg
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Katwijk Katwijk
Area
 - land
 - water 		6.06  km 2
5.83 km 2
0.23 km 2
Residents 15,840 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  E
Important traffic route A44 N449
prefix 071
Postcodes 2201, 2215, 2222-2223, 2231
Location of Rijnsburg in the municipality of Katwijk
Location of Rijnsburg in the municipality of KatwijkTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

Rijnsburg is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland with 15,840 inhabitants.

history

Rijnsburg Church

There was a Frisian village on the grounds of Rijnsburg in the sixth century, as archaeological finds show. It was mentioned in a document in a church script from around 750 with the words Rudolfsheim dat nu Rinasburg wordt genoemd ( Rudolfsheim is now called Rinasburg). On August 10, 975, Count Dirk II won a fight against the West Frisians near Rinasburg and donated the St. Laurentius Chapel out of gratitude. At the beginning of the 12th century, Petronilla of Holland founded a convent for noble nuns near this chapel . In 1570 the monastery was destroyed, only the south tower has been preserved. On January 1, 2006, Rijnsburg was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Katwijk .

Worth seeing

  • Laurentiuskerk (Rijnsburg) : Evangelical parish church with Romanesque tower from the 12th century of the former Benedictine abbey.
  • Spinoza House: The Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza lived in Rijnsburg from 1661 to 1663 . The house was acquired by the municipality in 1897 and has since served the Spinoza-Haus eV association as a domicile and museum.
Rijnsburg, drawbridge

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party Seats
1998 2002 2006 2010
CDA 8th 5 6th 6th
Community concerns - 4th 2 3
ChristenUnie - - - 3
VVD 1 1 2 2
PvdA 3 2 2 1
RPF / SGP 2 2 2 -
GPV 1 1 1 -
total 15th 15th 15th 15th

Town twinning

  • Siegen (from 1963 to 2006) After the municipal merger in 2006, the partnership was passed on to the municipality of Katwijk.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Rijnsburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)