Schoorl

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Schoorl
Flag of the place Schoorl
flag 		Coat of arms of the village of Schoorl
coat of arms
province North Holland North Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Bergen Mountains
Area
 - land
 - water 		33.31  km 2
32.96 km 2
0.35 km 2
Residents 6,160 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E
Important traffic route N9
prefix 072
Postcodes 1749, 1754-1755, 1861-1862, 1871, 1873, 9765
Location of Schoorl in the municipality of Bergen
Location of Schoorl in the municipality of BergenTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / picture 1
Center in winter
Schoorl village church
Schoorl town hall

Schoorl is a Dutch village in the province of North Holland . The place belongs to the municipality of Bergen and has 6,160 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

Schoorl is about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar . Until 2001 Schoorl was an independent municipality. The village extends to about 8 km in length and a maximum width of 2 km. Schoorl is located on the edge of the highest and widest dunes in the Netherlands , which reach heights of up to 54 meters.

history

Schoorl was mentioned in the 10th century as Scoronlo , in 1094 as Scorla and in 1639 as Scorle or Schoorel . The name indicates a forest with the ending a and lo and a sandbar near a swampy area with scor . The latter is derived from the Germanic word skaurna , which can still be found in English as Shore .

An army camp was set up in the dunes of Schoorl from 1939. During the Second World War , the camp was used by the German occupiers as an internment and concentration camp until 1941 . From here Jews and other prisoners were transported to other camps.

Worth seeing

  • Nature reserve "Schoorlse Duinen" , the widest dune area along the Dutch coast.
  • Schoorl aan Zee, the beach area of ​​the village is car-free
  • Reformed church from the 17th century
  • former town hall from 1601

economy

Schoorl is a center of tourism in summer and offers 25 campsites in the vicinity.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ^ Commemoration in Benelux
  3. ↑ http://www.vvvschoorl.nl/content/cityguide.asp  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ? menu = 20200000022_000538_000000_000000 Cityguide@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.vvvschoorl.nl