Bodegraven-Reeuwijk () is a municipality in the western

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, in the province of

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

with a population of in . It was established by a merger of

Bodegraven Bodegraven () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of of which is water. The former municipality of Bodegraven also includes the communities Me ...

and

Reeuwijk Reeuwijk () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of 50.11 km2 (of which 11.89 km2 is water). Since January 1, 2011 Reeuwijk merged with Bodegraven to ...

on 1 January 2011. The municipality covers of which is water.

Population centres

The new merger also includes the historic municipalities of

Waarder Waarder is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 5 km southwest of Woerden. The village was first mentioned in 1108 as Werdere and means "(river) island". Waard ...

, Middelburg, Oukoop,

Sluipwijk Sluipwijk is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk Reeuwijk () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers a ...

, Wiltenburg, Vrijhoef en Kalverbroek, parts of

Zwammerdam Zwammerdam is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland along Oude Rijn river. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn. The name derives from a dam built in the Rhin ...

Lange Ruige Weide Lange Ruige Weide is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It was located west of the city of Oudewater, and covered the hamlets of Langeweide and Ruigeweide. Lange Ruige Weide was a separate municipality from 1818 to 1964 ...

Hekendorp Hekendorp is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda. Hekendorp was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1964, when it merged with Driebruggen. During t ...

, Land van Stein, Rietveld and

Barwoutswaarder Barwoutswaarder is a neighbourhood of Woerden and a hamlet in the municipality of Woerden in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located to the west of the city of Woerden. Nowadays it's part of the urban area of Woerden and a neighbourhood and i ...

, as well as the communities of

Driebruggen Driebruggen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda. According to the 1615 map of Rijnland, there were indeed three bridge in Driebruggen. D ...

, Hogebrug,

Langeweide Langeweide is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk Reeuwijk () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers a ...

, Meije,

Nieuwerbrug Nieuwerbrug (also Nieuwerbrug aan de Rijn) is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Bodegraven, and lies about five kilometres west of Woerden. Bodegraven has become part of the municipality of ...

Oud-Reeuwijk Oud-Reeuwijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk Reeuwijk () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers ...

Platteweg Platteweg is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country ...

Randenburg Randenburg is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk Reeuwijk () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an ...

, Reeuwijk-Brug,

Reeuwijk-Dorp Reeuwijk-Dorp is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is part of what used to be the municipality of Reeuwijk. It lies about 5 km north of Gouda. "Dorp" is Dutch for village, the name distinguishes from Reeuwijk-Brug which i ...

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, Oud-Bodegraven (Vrijenes), Weijpoort and Reeuwijk-Westeinde.

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, June 2015.''

Paedophilia rumours

In 2020, false allegations were circulated online, that in the 1980s the town had been the site of the sexual abuse and murder of a number of children. In 2022, this led the town's authorities to take legal action to have the allegations removed from

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. The council lost the case.

Notable people

Cornelis van Cuylenburg (II) - Johan Arnold Zoutman

Pieter Verhoek Pieter Verhoek (1633 in Bodegraven – 1702 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and marble painter. According to Houbraken he was the brother of Gysbert Verhoek.Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art and ...

poet and painter. * Dominicus van Tol (ca.1635 in Bodegraven – 1676) a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art and ...

painter *

Gijsbert Verhoek Gysbert, or Gijsbert Verhoek (1644 in Bodegraven – 1690 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was the younger brother (by 11 years) of the glass painter Pieter Verhoek, who learned to paint from ...

(1644 in Bodegraven – 1690) a

painter. *

Johan Zoutman Johan Arnold Zoutman (10 May 1724, Reeuwijk – 7 May 1793, The Hague) was a Dutch naval figure and rear admiral who fought at the Battle of Dogger Bank in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Zoutman also fought in the American Revolutionary War. Legac ...

(1724 in Reeuwijk – 1793) a Dutch naval figure and

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* Jan Ceton (1875 in Bodegraven – 1943) a Dutch left-wing politician *

Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (16 March 1904 in Bodegraven – 25 July 1979 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician. During the Second World War, he was a prisoner in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, like Sukamiskin Penitentiary in Bandung. Af ...

(1904 in Bodegraven – 1979) a Dutch politician *

Jacob Korevaar Jacob "Jaap" Korevaar (born 25 January 1923) is a Dutch mathematician. He was part of the faculty of the University of California San Diego and University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as the University of Amsterdam ( Korteweg-de Vries Institut ...

(born 1923 in Lange Ruige Weide) a Dutch mathematician and academic * Arnold Merkies (born 1968 in Bodegraven) a Dutch politician

Sport

* Jaap Beije (1927 in Bodegraven – 2013) a Dutch rower, competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

* Ria van Velsen (born 1939 in Bodegraven) a retired Dutch artistic gymnast who participated in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Marjorie van de Bunt Marjorie van de Bunt (born in Reeuwijk, 1 July 1968) is a Dutch Paralympian athlete competing in biathlon and cross-country skiing events. Van de Bunt has had a handicap on her left arm since she was five years old. At the age of thirteen she s ...

(born 1968 in Reeuwijk) a Dutch Paralympian athlete competing in Biathlon and Cross-country skiing

Gallery

File:Bodegraven - rijksmonument 9746 - Buitenkerk 61 20120628.jpg, Bodegraven, Buitenkerk File:KaaspakhuisNoordhoek.Bodegraven.jpg, Kaaspakhuis Noordhoek. Bodegraven (old cheese warehouse) File:Netherlands, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Tempel.JPG, Netherlands, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Tempel File:Oud Reeuwijkseweg 15 in Reeuwijk.jpg, Oud Reeuwijkseweg, Reeuwijk

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of South Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2011 {{SouthHolland-geo-stub