Schipluiden is a village in the western

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, in the province of South Holland. It is the seat of the council of the municipality of

Midden-Delfland Midden-Delfland () is a municipality (''gemeente'') in the Westland region in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. It was formed on January 1, 2004, through the ...

. The village was founded relatively late in the 15th century and evolved around the Keenenburg castle, which no longer exists. The current Dutch Reformed church in the village centre belonged to the

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before 1572, when the Calvinists took over control of the church. The village inhabitants worked in the food trade from the agrarian area

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to the cities of

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in . Geog ...

and Delft. Most of the population became Roman Catholic in the 17th century. For sermons, they had to go to the Roman Catholic Church, some kilometres out of the village. In 1855, the municipality of Sint Maartensregt was merged into Schipluiden. A new Roman Catholic church was built in the 1960s. Schipluiden remained a small agrarian village until the 1950s. Its population began to grow significantly in the second half of the twentieth century as many middle-class people from the cities came to live in the village, but the village has maintained its village culture. Schipluiden was a separate municipality until 2004, when it became part of Midden-Delfland. File:Schipluiden, de Hervormde Kerk in straatzicht RM33377 foto1 2014-04-14 11.25.jpg, Reformed church File:Schipluiden, molen foto2 2007-03-10 10.55.JPG, Windmill: de Korpershoek File:Schipluiden, brug over Vlaardingervaart 2007-03-10 10.58.JPG, Bridge across the Vlaardingervaart

References

External links

Official WebsiteSchipluiden en Midden-Delfland Mooi Dichtbij portal
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2004 Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland Midden-Delfland {{SouthHolland-geo-stub