Leidschendam-Voorburg

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Leidschendam-Voorburg community
Flag of the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg
flag 		Coat of arms of the community of Leidschendam-Voorburg
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
mayor Klaas Tigelaar ( ChristenUnie )
Seat of the municipality Sorry
Area
 - land
 - water 		35.62  km 2
32.63 km 2
2.99 km 2
CBS code 1916
Residents 75,449 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 2118 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 23'  E
Important traffic route A4 E19 A12 N14 N206 N447
prefix 070
Postcodes 2261-2267, 2271-2275
Website Homepage of Leidschendam-Voorburg
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Town hall of the municipality in Voorburg
Leidschendam, church and drawbridge

Leidschendam-Voorburg ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland . It emerged from the merged towns of Leidschendam and Voorburg, which merged on January 1, 2002, and the small village of Stompwijk. According to the CBS, the municipality had 75,449 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 with a total area of ​​35.62 km². The city is the seat of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Special Court for Sierra Leone . Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

The municipality is located immediately northeast of The Hague and can be regarded as its suburb . Voorburg has a train station on the Den Haag - Utrecht line . Leidschendam has a train station on the Den Haag - Leiden line . The highways between these cities, whose users are often plagued by traffic jams , also cross the community.

Most of the residents of Leidschendam-Voorburg are commuters who work in The Hague . To the southeast there is some agriculture and horticulture. There is a factory that makes elevators and several smaller commercial and industrial companies in the community. Several of the old mansions are used as facilities for people with disabilities, including the deaf .

history

It is possible that around 2700 BC there lived on the parish territory. BC people of the Vlaardingen culture .

In 47 the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo had the Corbulonis fossa dug here. Part of this Corbulo ditch still exists today as the Rijn-Schie Canal. The Forum Hadriani settlement , named after Emperor Hadrian in the year 121, was established in the Cananefaten area . However, around 270 the Romans had to evacuate this city.

Around 900 there was a village of Foreburg on a sand ridge and a settlement called “Veur” near today's Leidschendam on a brook called “ Vliet ”. Around 1200 a second village, Wilsveen, was built near Veur, but it no longer exists. In the area, which is boggy and swampy to the east, and whose polder could only be dry-ground by a large number of windmills, a lot of peat was extracted between around 1550 and 1800 . This created some lakes east of the municipality, which then had to be diked again, and where Zoetermeer is now .

The Hague poet Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) had the Hofwijck manor built in Voorburg . Other rich and influential people did the same. In doing so, the forest disappeared, giving way to the parks and gardens of the country manors. This demand also resulted in horticulture and the trade in ornamental plants. From around 1890, the place became important as a suburb, when simpler Hague officials, etc., had houses built here.

From May 1940 to May 9, 1945 Voorburg was occupied by Wehrmacht troops.

Attractions

The sights of Leidschendam and Voorburg each include a church; the one in Voorburg is late Gothic from the 15th century.

The windmill "De Vlieger" is set up as a museum.

The manor house " Hofwijck " and the former hostel "Swaenstein" each house a small museum (the latter also with finds from Roman times).

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
25.8
23.7
15.5
11.9
10.7
9.3
3.2
GBLV
CU / SGP
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+2.9
+0.2
+1.9
-7.3
+2.6
-0.1
-0.1
GBLV
CU / SGP

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
VVD 10 10 8th 9
Gemeentebelangen Leidschendam-Voorburg 3 5 8th 9
CDA 7th 6th 5 5
D66 2 5 7th 4th
GroenLinks 2 3 3 4th
PvdA 7th 5 3 3
ChristenUnie / SGP - - 1 1
DEAD - 1 - -
Onafhankelijken Partij Leidschendam-Voorburg 1 0 - -
SP 3 - - -
total 35 35 35 35

mayor

Klaas Tigelaar ( ChristenUnie ) has been the acting mayor of the community since September 5, 2016 . His staff includes the alderman Bianca Bremer ( Gemeentebelangen Leidschendam-Voorburg ), Lia de Ridder ( D66 ), Nadine Stemerdink ( PvdA ), Floor Kist ( GroenLinks ) and the community secretary André Huykman .

Town twinning

Leidschendam-Voorburg maintains city partnerships with

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Leidschendam-Voorburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Voorburg in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Taylor attorney refuses to make a closing statement. In: ORF . February 9, 2011, accessed February 9, 2011 .
  3. ↑ De Tweede Wereldoorlog 1943 - 1945
  4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 4, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 4, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Klaas Tigelaar nieuwe burgemeester Leidschendam-Voorburg. In: Omroep West. May 27, 2016, accessed June 4, 2018 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg, accessed on June 4, 2018 (Dutch)