Wijdemeren () is a municipality in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, in the province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

, on the western border of the Gooi region. Wijdemeren contains many lakes. In the north(east) ''Spiegelplas'' and ''Ankeveense Plassen'', in the (south)west ''Loosdrechtse Plassen''. Wijdemeren was established as a merger of

's-Graveland s-Graveland is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 4 km northwest of Hilversum. The former municipality of 's-Graveland merged with Loosdrecht and Nederhorst den B ...

Loosdrecht Loosdrecht () is a town in the municipality of Wijdemeren, North Holland, the Netherlands, with a population of about 8,600 inhabitants. Loosdrecht consists of two small villages: Nieuw-Loosdrecht and Oud-Loosdrecht. Nieuw Loosdrecht covers a s ...

, and

Nederhorst den Berg Nederhorst den Berg () is a village in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 8 km northwest of Hilversum in the Vechtstreek area, near the Vecht river. Until 1 January 2002, it was a separate municipality; it is now part ...

on 1 January 2002. The former municipality of Loosdrecht belonged to the province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

Population centres

The municipality of Wijdemeren consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.''

Local government

Notable people

Jan Jacob Spöhler Jan Jacob Spöhler (November 7, 1811 in Nederhorst den Berg –June 5, 1866 in Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of Jan Willem Pieneman and became a member of ...

(1811–1866) 19th-century painter * Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823-1906) poet and novelist *

Barend Klaas Kuiper Barend Klaas Kuiper (July 16, 1877 – July 21, 1961) was a history professor and author who wrote about Dutch Calvinist church history and the Protestant Reformation. Personal life Kuiper was born in Oud-Loosdrecht in the Netherlands on July 1 ...

(1877-1961) a history professor and author, wrote about Dutch Calvinist church history *

Tjalling Koopmans Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory ...

(1910–1985) a Dutch American mathematician and economist, joint winner of the 1975

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Le ...

(1928-2012) keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor *

Feike Sijbesma Feike Sijbesma (born 1959) is a Dutch business executive who served as CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of DSM from 2007 until 2020. And in 2022, he was nominated as honorary chairman. He helped the Dutch government from March till Septembe ...

(born 1959) CEO of DSM * Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (born 1973) politician and diplomat

Sport

* Nelleke Penninx (born 1971) a retired rower, competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and silver medallist at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

* Jip Vastenburg (born 1994) long-distance athlete, competeted in the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

Gallery

File:Kortenhoefsedijk 155.png, Kortenhoefs dijk, File:Loenen Mijndense Sluis 2.JPG, Loenen Mijndense Sluis File:Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk - panoramio.jpg, Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk File:Mijndense sluis.JPG, Mijndense sluis File:Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit - Unknown - 20533296 - RCE.jpg, Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit

Notes

External links

* * Municipalities of North Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2002 {{NorthHolland-geo-stub