Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer polder

View of the Ringvaart

Aqueduct on the A4 motorway

De Cruquius pumping station on the Ringvaart

The Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeerpolder ( Dutch Ringvaart van de Haarlemmermeerpolder ) is an approximately 60 kilometer long canal in North Holland that runs around the Haarlemmermeerpolder .

history

In 1839 thousands of workers started digging the canal around the Haarlemmermeer. They followed the old coastline as much as possible. The headlands were pierced in three places, namely at Vijfhuizen, Lisserbroeke and Huigsloot. In 1845 the work was finished and the draining of the Haarlemmermeer could begin. The dike around the Ringvaart was created with the excavated earth.

The Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeerpolders belongs to the Hoogheemradschap Rijnland water board . It covers an area of ​​180 km², the fairway is 2.40 meters deep. Between the Nieuwe Meer in Amsterdam and Leimuiden , the Ringvaart is part of the shipping connection between Amsterdam via Gouda and Rotterdam . The Ringvaart is used by cargo ships and is a popular body of water for recreational boating. It is also a popular mooring for houseboats .

In the vicinity of Roelofarendsveen , the aqueduct from 1961 on the A4 motorway was renewed in 2006, and another aqueduct was built for the Amsterdam-Rotterdam expressway .

Around the Ringvaart are the resorts: Badhoevedorp, Lijnden, the Airport Schiphol , Aalsmeer , Rijsenhout, Lisserbroek, Cruquius, Vijfhuizen and Zwanenburg.

Buildings

The historic pumping stations De Leeghwater , De Cruquius and De Lijnden , which drained the Haarlemmermeer, are located on the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer polder . The Ringvaart, the pumping station, the dikes, aqueducts and bridges have been proposed as World Heritage .

See also

• List of channels

Web links

Commons : Ringvaart des Haarlemmermeerpolders  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 12 '53 "  N , 4 ° 36' 49.6"  E