Morgenstond (, literally ''Morning'' or ''Dawn'') is a '
wijk' in the south of
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's ad ...
in the
Escamp '
stadsdeel
A stadsdeel (; pl. ''stadsdelen''; lit. ''city part'') is the name used for urban or municipality districts in some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam calls 7 of its 8 ''deelgemeenten'' ''stadsdeel''. They form a level of ...
'. Morgenstond was built during the early 50s and borders
Bouwlust and
Vrederust in the west,
Leyenburg and
Houtwijk in the north,
Moerwijk and
Zuiderpark in the east and
Wateringse Veld in the south. Most streets in Morgenstond are named after places in
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen (province), Groningen to the north, and the G ...
and
Overijssel. Morgenstond used to be part of the former
Loosduinen
Loosduinen () is a former village in the Netherlands that was a municipality unto itself until 1923, when it was annexed by The Hague and subsequently became a district of the city.
Within the district there is also a neighbourhood (Dutch:wijk) c ...
municipality, which was
annexed
Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...
by The Hague in 1923.
Morgenstond can be divided into three neighborhoods:
* Morgenstond-West (Morgenstond-West)
* Morgenstond-Oost (Morgenstond-East)
* Morgenstond-Zuid (Morgenstond-South)
References
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Neighbourhoods of The Hague