Ilpendam

Ilpendam ( West Frisian: Illiperdam ) is a formerly independent municipality of North Holland and a part of the former hogen of Vrijen Heerlijkheid of Purmerland s Ilpendam. Nowadays Ilpendam located in the large village land sea.

• 2.1 towns of Edam and Monnickendam
• 2.2 Family Overlander (van Purmerland ) Banning Cocq Hooft -
• 2.3 House De Graeff
• 2.4 De Jongh family

Chronicle

Ilpendam was founded in the 12th century, when a dike was built to defend the inland along the river De Ilp. The name of the newly founded town was subsequently borrowed this. In 1410 arose Count William VI. for his trusted councilor, governor and financier Willem Eggert Purmerland (including the supplied him affiliated Ilpendam ) hogen Holland- Straubing with Purmerend Purmerend Heerlijkheid to Vrijen en en Purmerland. He and his successors bore the title of army or Vrijheer van Purmerend en Purmerland respectively. Purmerland s Ilpendam.

The glory came over the viscount of Montfoort (1439-1481) to the House of Egmond ( 1483 ). Between 1487 and 1603 made ​​parts of the glory of the area of the newly formed county Egmond. Lamoraal of Egmond, who by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe literary processed at its plant Egmont resistance fighters was between the years 1540 and 1568 rule owner. After the treason of Egmond at the Spanish Habsburgs whose entire property was confiscated. In 1582, the glory was dissected; Purmerend and the resort Neck were spun from the legal association of Purmerherrlichkeit and came back to the Dutch county. Purmerland and Ilpendam remained until the year 1610 under the administration of Grafelijkheids Rekenkamer van de Domeinen, which appointed the mayor and Schepen together with the Vroedschap. Between the years 1610 and 1618 the glory Purmerland Ilpendam and was under the administration of the two towns of Edam and Monnickendam.

In 1618 a portion of confiscated property from the hands of the bankrupt's estate administrators of the Counts of Egmond was sold; as the new High glory Purmerland s Ilpendam was sold to the Amsterdam patrician Volkert Overlander. Overlander founded Located close by Ilpendam construction of the castle Ilpenstein in 1622, a new glory center. Subsequently, the glory by inheritance into the possession of Frans Banning Cocq, a prominent Amsterdam regents, which serves as the central figure in Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch shows. From the year 1678 belonged Purmerland - Ilpendam the Amsterdam De Graeff family, which held an important cultural and political role in the Netherlands during the Golden Age.

During the Golden Age, the landscape of the so-called Purmer developed into a recreation area of the rich patricians and merchants of Amsterdam. Many of today's land were made ​​in the 17th century only by soil drainage. The thus created floor offers a large-scale arable crop area. Nowadays Purmerland is inhabited mainly by urbanites from the Middle Amsterdam, the former smaller country houses were replaced by larger buildings. Early 18th century included the village of 380 inhabitants on Ilpendam 113 houses divided. In the middle of the century, the selfsame glory Purmerland - Ilpendam comprised 1783 acres of land.

With the proclamation of the Batavian Republic in 1795 had largely lost their rights the high ( Vrij ) heeren van Purmerlan s Ilpendam of the family of De Graeff. Purmerland as the capital of glory to the year 1813 the seat of an independent right bank, a bailiff, a Schouts and two prisons, one civil and one criminal, remained. After the founding of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Magnificent rights have been partially restored. In 1840 Ilpendam counted 518 inhabitants which were distributed to 97 houses; in 1851 already 770 residents in 119 houses. In 1870, South Polsbroek was sold to Dirk de Jongh. This had significantly narrowed sovereign rights to the year 1914 (?) Holds. In recent times, a ferry service was established between the land and sea Ilpendam.

Ilpendam was up to 1991 a separate municipality; this year have come on the community land and sea Ilpendam Water transition to the community Waterland and Purmerland and the Ilp. Nowadays Ilpendam has a population of 2,100 which is distributed to 750 houses.

Reformed Church Ilpendam

In 1408 a chapel was mentioned, which was expanded in 1446. 1544 Ilpendam received a Parochiekerk, which was partially destroyed by the Spaniards in 1674. By supporting structures, only a small part of the gothic church remained. The church organ was donated in 1728. 1850, the reconstruction of the church was completed, and since there is therefore in its current form. In the front nave is still the sir Bank from the 17th century with the carved coat of arms of the De Graeff and Sautijn. Contains the grave fields of vrijheren van Ilpendam On the outside wall of the church. Today, the church is the church Ilpendamer center of the Reformed congregation Ilpendam s Water gear. The church and parsonage kept in the list of Rijksmonumenten feeder.

• Street View of Ilpendam
• Church tower
• Pastor House

List of Men of the High glory Purmerland and Ilpendam

For a list of the masters of the High glory Purmerend and Purmerland ( - Ilpendam ) see the article → Purmerland

Towns of Edam and Monnickendam

Family Overlander (van Purmerland ) Banning Cocq Hooft -

House De Graeff

De Jongh family

Trivia

• Probably that were found from an illegitimate connection of the Counts of Egmond Jonkheer Jacob van Ilpendam ( Jaecques de IJlpendam ) was named after the glory that was in possession of Egmond. Jacob van Ilpendam was a Dutch politician stands and secretary.
• In the village there is a building designed by Gerrit Rietveld residence from 1959.

Personalities from Ilpendam

Were born in Ilpendam

Living in Ilpendam

• Frans Bromet (1944 ), film director and cinematographer
• Meriyem Manders, Actress
• Remko Vrijdag (* 1972), actor