Wormerveer
Wormerveer is a village which was an independent municipality in the province of North Holland until the year 1974. It is now a district of the municipality of Zaanstad with 11225 inhabitants.
The name suggests a ferry on the Zaan after Wormer.
Wormerveer is primarily known for windmills, with which oil was pressed. To date, there Wormerveer an oil industry, which awarded the inhabitants of the place also the nickname Straight ears.
They used to stand in Wormerveer a gin and a Grützerei, but these were brought to the museum village in Arnhem in the years 1926/1927.
Sports
In Wormerveer there are the following football clubs:
- Blauw Wit Wormerveer
- S.V. Fortuna Wormerveer (formerly Q.S.C. and W.F.C. )
Other activities include:
- Billiards club WBV
- Basketball club Kievieten (merged met hogerop from Krommenie )
- Gymnastics club Wormerveer2000
- Dance school Tendenza
- Sports School Warners - Physica
Rail links
On November 1, 1869 Wormerveer was connected to the Dutch railway network. The train station is on the railway line between Uitgeest and Amsterdam. Currently run from Monday to Friday, four trains a day, two at the weekend.
Personalities
- Marit van Bohemia ( born September 16, 1971), actress and presenter
- Gerrit Jacob Boekenoogen (* April 18, 1868; † August 26, 1930 ), linguists
- Jaap Boot ( born March 1, 1903), athlete
- Cor Bruijn (* May 17, 1883; † 6 November 1978), writer
- Willem Frederik Donath (* June 25, 1889, † 1957), physiologist and hygienist
- Herman Gorter (* November 26, 1864, † September 15, 1927 ), poet
- Mieke Jaapies ( born August 7, 1943), canoeist
- Wolter Kroes ( born December 24, 1968), musician
- Dick Laan (* December 18, 1894; † October 6, 1973 ), children's book author
- Loekie van maars -van Balen ( born March 9, 1946), politician
- Gerrit Mannoury (* May 17, 1867; † January 30, 1956 ) mathematician and philosopher
- Tineke Netelenbos (* February 15, 1944 ), politician
- Jan van Ossenbruggen ( born October 5, 1939), conductor
- Michiel Teeling (born 11 February 1980), football commentator
- Willem van Tijen (* February 1, 1894, † May 28, 1974 ), architect
- January Vis ( born October 30, 1933), journalist and politician