Hensbroek is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 4 km east of Heerhugowaard.
Hensbroek | |
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Village | |
 Village view with church tower | |
 Coat of arms | |
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 The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Hensbroek in the municipality of Obdam. | |
  Hensbroek Location in the Netherlands  Hensbroek Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°39′N 4°53′E / 52.650°N 4.883°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Municipality | Koggenland |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −0.7 m (−2.3 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,305 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1711[1] |
| Dialing code | 0226 |
Overview
editThe village was first mentioned around 1312 as Hensbroec, and means "swampy land belonging to Hen (person)".[3] Hensbroek developed in the Late Middle Ages after a peat excavation settlement to the west had been abandoned. The village burnt down in 1648.[4]
The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with needle spire which was built between 1657 and 1658, because the medieval church had burnt down in 1579.[4] The polder mill was built in 1866. In 1908, it was decommissioned after a pumping station was installed, but returned to service in 1934 when the pumping station became defective, and stayed on duty until 1948 when a new Diesel powered pumping station was operational. The wind mill is still frequently in service on a voluntary basis.[5]
Hensbroek was home to 324 people in 1840.[6] It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it was merged with Obdam.[7] In 2007, it became part of the municipality of Koggenland.[6]
The municipal coat of arms(nl) (introduced 1817) is canting, representing a folk etymology of the name amounting to an interpretation of "hen's breeches". The actual etymology of the broek element is "brook", not "breeches", but its interpretation as "breeches" has a precedent in classical heraldry in the coat of arms of Abbenbroek as shown in the Beyeren Armorial (c. 1405, fol. 39v).[8]
Gallery
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Wind mill Nieuw Leven
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 1711KA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Hensbroek - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Hensbroek" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Molen Hensbroek". Molen database (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Hensbroek". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ Willem Albert Bachiene, Beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden (1773), p. 732. Bernard Homer Dixon, Surnames (1857), p.11.
External links
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