Hoogmade is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
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's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...
. It is located about 7 km east of
Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...
, in the municipality of
Kaag en Braassem.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1280 and 1287 as "Hoghe made", and means "elevated hay land". Hoogmade is a
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
excavation settlement which developed in the Middle Ages.
The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with open wooden tower built between 1729 and 1730 as a replacement of the medieval church. The Catholic Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built between 1931 and 1932 to replace the 1875 church which had collapsed.
On 4 November 2019, the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte church was severely damaged by fire.
The ''polder'' mill Doesmolen was built around 1636. It was in service until 1953. In 1965, it was restored and functions on a voluntary basis.
Hoogmade was home to 311 people in 1840.
It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with
Woubrugge
Woubrugge is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of the city of Leiden, in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1493 as Woubregge, and means "bridg ...
.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ] In 2009, it became part of the municipality of
Kaag en Braassem.
Gallery
File:2012 hoogmade.JPG, Canal view
File:Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Hoogmade, map of 2012.png, Map of Hoogmade
File:Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Does (1).JPG, The Does waterway, close to Hoogmade
File:2012 prot gem hoogmade.JPG, Dutch Reformed church
References
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Populated places in South Holland
Former municipalities of South Holland
Kaag en Braassem