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Burgerbrug is a village in the
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province of
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Schagen Schagen () is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located between Alkmaar and Den Helder, in the region of West Friesland (region), West Friesland and the province of North Holland. It received City rights in the Nethe ...
, and lies about 14 km north of
Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known fo ...
. The village was first mentioned in 1840 as "Burgerbrug of Eenigenburgerbrug", and is named after the bridge over the Groote Slot. Burgerbrug was settled soon after the ''
polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...
'' was created in 1597. It is a cross shaped settlement with one part along the Groote Sloot and the other part along the road. The Catholic Birth of Out Lady Church is an aisleless church built in 1866 as a replacement of the
clandestine church A clandestine church (), defined by historian Benjamin J. Kaplan as a "semi-clandestine church", is a house of worship used by religious minorities whose communal worship is tolerated by those of the majority faith on condition that it is discr ...
. Burgerbrug was home to 185 people in 1840. Three ''polder'' mills are still present in Burgerbrug. Two of the windmills probably date from 1597.


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File:Burgerbrug - Burgerweg 60 2.jpg, Dutch Reformed church File:Burgerbrug - Belkmerweg 19 2.jpg, House in Burgerbrug File:Burgerbrug - Ruigeweg 4-6 1.jpg, House in Burgerbrug


References

Schagen Populated places in North Holland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub