Enkhuizen

Enkhuizen ( listen / i?) ( West Frisian: Henkhúze ) is a Dutch town in the north of the province of North Holland of West-Friesland region. The places Oosterdijk and Westeinde also belong to the community Enkhuizen.

  • 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 4.2 People who worked in Enkhuizen

Location and economic

Enkhuizen is a popular excursion harbor in the northern part of the IJsselmeer. In the summer months there are also regular boat links to Stavoren and Urk The town has a railway connection through Hoorn, Purmerend and Zaanstad with Amsterdam. About the Mitteldeich ( Houtribdijk ) that separates the IJsselmeer from the Marker lake, a road leads to Lelystad.

For the Enkhuizer economy fisheries no longer relevant, as opposed to tourism (water, downtown) is. The crop is also very important: it is in the area grown very much cabbage and other vegetables; also one breeds ornamental flowers and plants. The trade, the export, the seeds of these plants is extensive.

History

Around the year 1000 there was already a settlement. In 1296, the already significant Enkhuizen village was burned down during an argument, the Count Floris V. claimed the lives partly. The town received its town charter in 1355. It was in the Middle Ages several times starting point of dispute between the Frisians, the Dutch and the duchy of Guelders. Enkhuizen developed into an important center for the herring fishery; always new ports were built and in 1600 were 300 of 500 herring fishing vessels from Holland Enkhuizen active. When in 1603 the Dutch East India Company was built, this also taught in Enkhuizen, a branch one. The city was therefore a great seaport. At the end of its heyday in 1652 was Enkhuizen for conditions at that time with about 25,000 inhabitants, is a big city. The town center was at that time more than now; Kuhtor and the remains of the city walls located in an area which are now outside district.

The relapse was the commercial competition in the domestic (Amsterdam ) and abroad (England). Enkhuizen was how Monnickendam, Edam, Hoorn and Medemblik, one of the so-called "dead" towns on the Zuiderzee. Only with the advent of horticulture and tourism in 1900, the community rallied them again. Today, the city in the summer half year profits mainly from the water tourism.

Attractions

Remarkable buildings

  • Drommedaristoren ( 1540)
  • Stadhuis (Town Hall, 17th century )
  • Zuiderkerk (15th century)
  • Westerkerk (15th century)
  • Koepoort ( 1649)
  • Many houses from the 17th and 18th centuries

Museums

  • Zuiderzee Museum ( domestic and Buitenmuseum )
  • Waagmuseum ( Local, modern art, often temporary exhibitions )

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Dirck Gerritz pomp (1544-1608), navigator and explorer
  • Johannes Antonides van der Linden (1609-1664), physician, botanist and librarian
  • Paulus Potter (1625-1654), painter
  • Leo J. Elders (* 1926), theologian
  • Gerrit Zalm ( born 1952 ), politician

Those who worked in Enkhuizen

  • Huygen van Linschoten January (* 1563 Haarlem, † Enkhuizen ), businessman, author and discoverer
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