Den Oever

Den Oever is a small village located 18 km east of Den Helder directly at the southwestern end of the IJsselmeer dam in the municipality Hollands Kroon on the former island of Wieringen in the northeastern province of North Holland and is home to about 2,500 people (2006).

History

The village is situated on a former water area. A " de Oever " called open water area between the Wadden Sea and the former Zuiderzee, which is near the present west of Den Oever nearest neighbor village Oosterland, which was the easternmost village of the island Wieringen with a short-term berth 600 years ago, shifted by the silting up more and more to East. This was the beginning of the time at the northeastern edge of the island of arable land, which took the name of the former lake area, and then on the village of Den Oever originated during the 14th and 15th century.

The former island of Wieringen 1929 was the won in the dikes polder Wieringermeer ( Wieringer Lake, former lake area south of the former island to the municipality of Medemblik ) his name. The difference between " old" and "new" country can be clearly seen in the area. On a clear day you can see from there the West Frisian island of Texel.

Because of the close proximity to Afsluitdike were in Den Oever the Stevin lock (Dutch Stevinsluizen ) produced (after the engineer and mathematician Simon Stevin ) and three series of five drainage channels for installation in the dike.