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Waddinxveen () is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western
Online edition
) Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one.
Kerkweg-Oost 218, Waddinxveen.jpg, Kerkweg-Oost, Waddinxveen
Hefbrug Zuidkade.jpg, The Hefbrug bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe
Plasweg 9, Waddinxveen. De Schouw.jpg, Plasweg, Waddinxveen. De Schouw
Waddixveen, de Brugkerk RM38202 IMG 0544 2024-04-07 16.24.jpg, The Brug church
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
in the province of South Holland
South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...
near Gouda. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water.
A small piece of artwork named ' (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum.
History
The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983. Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, ''Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten'', KNAW, 2006, p. 191Online edition
) Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one.
Notable people
* Tjark de Vries (born 1965), rower * Mark Vanderloo (born 1968), model * Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (born 1970), painter and ceramist * Mirjam Overdam (born 1973), water polo player *Sharon den Adel
Sharon Janny den Adel (born 12 July 1974) is a Dutch singer who is the lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. She has been performing since age 14, and co-founded Within Temptation with partner Robert Westerholt in 1996. S ...
(born 1974), songwriter, singer and fashion designer
* Robert Westerholt (born 1975), musician and guitarist
* Martijn Westerholt (born 1979), keyboardist and songwriter
* Roald van Hout (born 1988), footballer
Gallery
References
External links
* {{Authority control Municipalities of South Holland Populated places in South Holland