Harenkarspel
Harenkarspel ( West Frisian: Harenkarspel ) ( listen / i?) Was a town in the west Friesland region in the Dutch province of North Holland. She had 16191 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) with an area of 54.84 km ², of which 9.30 km ² water. Since January 1, 2013 Harenkarspel belongs to the municipality Schagen.
Incorporations; places
The municipality was created on 1 January 1990 by merging the municipalities Sint Maarten, Warmenhuizen and the old community Harenkarspel.
Harenkarspel consisted of the following districts. In parentheses are the approximate number of inhabitants.
- Dirk Horn ( 1700)
- Tuitjenhorn, including Kalverdijk and Kerkbuurt (3600)
- Waarland (2300)
- Hot Huizen, including Schoorldam ( partial) and Krabbendam ( 6400)
- Sint Maarten, including 't Rijpje, Eenigenburg, Groenveld, Stroet and Valkkoog ( total 1900)
The municipal administration had their headquarters in Tuitjenhorn
Location; economy
The former municipality is located north of Noord -Scharwoude, east of Zijpe and Bergen ( North Holland ) and south of Schagen. The nearest train stations are in Schagen and Heerhugowaard, which is only about 12 kilometers from Warmenhuizen.
Main sources of income are agriculture and horticulture. However, more and more tourists who want to stay in a quiet location, while during the day enjoying the beach on the North Sea coast, 10 km away, or visit the many ancient cities of North Holland, come to the many small campgrounds in the community.
Name declarations; history
In this area there was a first dike in the 11th century. That was the "West Frisian Omringdijk " West Frisian Umringdeich. Everyone who owned land behind the dike, was a member of a " ban", a community of men, had to keep the dike repair the. Parts of this old dyke are still visible in the polders.
- To 1289, a mound was at Kerkbuurt, near Tuitjenhorn, posed. The land belonged to the Abbey of Egmond, whose brothers it passed on by the reclamation of neighboring feudal lords and peasants. The original housing development was later renamed Kerkbuurt, the name of the oldest settlement was the name of the entire community.
- The name Waarland should come from waardland (Werder country).
- Tuitjenhorn 1289 has also been mentioned as t'Uitingehorn urkündlich. This name is interpreted as a headland ( horn ) at a place where either: funerals held or: justice was spoken. Both etymologies have proponents and opponents.
- Warmenhuizen was in 1289 a group of houses that belonged to a certain Wermer. With high temperatures, the name has nothing to do.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marco van Duin (* 1987 in Warmenhuizen ), football player
- Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905-1973), Astronomer