Boskoop
( Listen? / I ) Boskoop is a village and a former municipality in the Netherlands, South Holland province, with 15,195 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The congregation was about 17 square kilometers. The municipalities of Alphen aan den Rijn, Boskoop and Rijnwoude merged on January 1, 2014 and took over the existing name Alphen aan den Rijn.
Location and economic
Boskoop is located approximately in the center of a triangle between Leiden, Gouda and Alphen aan den Rijn. It is up to the road and the local railway between the last two cities.
The main source of income of the village are the nurseries and garden. There are all kinds of ornamental and fruit trees, but also bred roses. Boskoop has one of the largest concentrations of nurseries throughout Europe; the plants are exported to all over Europe.
The famous Apple " Beautiful from Boskoop " owes the place its name.
In the village there is something next to trade and commerce.
Townscape, landmarks
The community is characterized by small plots, which are separated by numerous narrow moats. The boggy, sümpfige but very fertile soil is drained. Previously scooped one of these trenches, and the upcoming release mud formed a suitable fertilizer.
In the village there is a small, nurseries and their history museum dedicated ( Boomkwekerijmuseum ).
History
The second element of the name Boskoop, in medieval Dutch cope ( German: Purchase, acquired through purchase agreement country) should be explained by the fact that the Count of Holland or the local ruler a desolate piece of bog presented a farmer for remuneration available to it under cultivation to make: the buyer was also the owner of the land. Also in other place names in South Holland and Utrecht, this term is to find out how Nieuwkoop, Hei -en Boeicop and more.
Boskoop Beginning in 1204 known as the Ten Bussche ( "For the bush "). It was donated by the then Earl of Holland in 1222 a monastery, actually a pen for noble ladies. As in the whole area, Boskoop is located in a fen ( laagveen ). Unlike in neighboring places like Rijnwoude, the peat was not degraded. First, because the distance to the cities was greater, and the transport costs were therefore higher, and secondly because of the fertile soil was used for the cultivation of fruit trees since the emergence of the village in the 13th century. These nurseries were the main source of income Boskoops up to the present day. From about 1870, the quality and quantity of the products was increased so that the plants have been exported to Germany and other countries.
The municipalities of Alphen aan den Rijn, Boskoop and Rijnwoude merged on January 1, 2014. The new church has around 106,000 inhabitants and takes over the existing name Alphen aan den Rijn.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Arie van Houwelingen ( born 1931 ), cyclist