Jacobswoude

( Listen? / I ) Jacobswoude was a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. The municipality was created in 1991 by the merger of the municipalities Leimuiden, Rijnsaterwoude and Woubrugge. On 1 January 2009, it merged with the existing community Alkemade the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

Old village Jacobswoude

The village is named after an abandoned Jacobswoude from the mid-18th century village with the same name. The inhabitants of this village, which had become an island, moved to Woubrugge. At the point where the former village Jacobswoude stood, there is a monument with the following text:

  • North side: "Her- ring held in het dorp verdwenen Jacobswoude "
  • East side: " 1747-1936 "
  • " Verduras muren Geen of uuren geweld ": South

The province of South Holland is planning to build a new monument with a poem by Anton Korteweg.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council before the dissolution of the community

  • CDA - 6 seats
  • Gemeentebelang - 6 seats
  • VVD - 3 seats
  • Former municipality in South Holland
  • Kaag en Braassem
A4 motorway (Netherlands) Telephone numbers in the Netherlands
424158
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