Waddinxveen
| Waddinxveen | |||||
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| Coordinates: 52°03′N 4°39′E / 52.05°N 4.65°E | |||||
| Kintra | Netherlands | ||||
| Province | Sooth Holland | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| - Tot | 29.39 km2 (11.3 sq mi) | ||||
| - Laund | 27.87 km2 (10.8 sq mi) | ||||
| - Watter | 1.52 km2 (0.6 sq mi) | ||||
| Indwallers (1 Januar 2007) | |||||
| - Tot | 25,867 | ||||
| - Densitie | 928/km2 (2,403.5/sq mi) | ||||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.waddinxveen.nl | ||||
Waddinxveen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɑdɪŋksˈfeːn] (
listen)) is a toun an municipality alang the Gouwe river in the wastren Netherlands in the province o Sooth Holland near Gouda. The municipality haed a population o 26,304 in 2004, 25.328 on New Year's Eve o 2010. an covers an aurie o 29.39 km² (o which 1.52 km² is watter).
In Waddinxveen, thare's the so-called 'Vergeten Plek' (Dutch for 'Forgotten Place'). This is the lowest place in the Dutch polders. It's 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum
Pairtner ceety o Waddinxveen is Pelhřimov in the Czech Republic.
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History [edit]
The first reference tae the aurie is frae 1233, when on 20 Aprile, Floris IV, Coont o Holland, sauld an aurie o peat lands alang the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch poonds tae Nicolas o Gnepwijk, Laird o Aalsmeer an Woubrecht. The aurie wis given the name "Waddinxvene". Acause o this event, Waddinxveen celebratit its 750-year anniversary in 1983.
Atween 1817 an 1870, Waddinxveen wis dissolvit an its aurie split intae the municipalities o Noord-Waddinxveen an Zuid-Waddinxveen.[1] Due tae further expandin, those twa municipalities reunitit intae ane.
Born in Waddinxveen [edit]
- Hubert van Steel (b. 1856) – Dutch Grand Master[2]
- George Baker (b. 1944) – sangster
- Mark Vanderloo (b. 1968) - model
- Sharon den Adel (b. 1974) – vocalist o Within Temptation
- Robert Westerholt (b. 1975) – guitarist o Within Temptation
- Jack Delhi (b. 1985) – DJ & Producer
- Mark van den Akker – radiodj of KXRadio
Gallery [edit]
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Lift brig at Waddinxveen crossin the Gouwe.
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Brdg seen frae the north side
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The Hefbrug kirk
References [edit]
- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Online edition
- ↑ http://members.casema.nl/stamesko/dutchpainters.htm
