Warmond () is a village and former
municipality
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in the Western
Netherlands
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, north of
Leiden
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in the
province
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of
South Holland
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. The municipality covered an area of , of which is water; had a population of 4,977 in 2004. Together with
Sassenheim
Sassenheim () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
The former municipality covered an area of 6.62 km2 (of which 0.23 km2 water) and had a population of 14,906 in 2005. Since ...
and
Voorhout
Voorhout () is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of of which is covered by water, and had a population of 14,792 in 2004. Together with Sas ...
, it became part of the
Teylingen
Teylingen () is a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was created on 1 January 2006, through the amalgamation of Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond. It is named after Teylingen Castle, located in Voorhout. I ...
municipality on 1 January 2006. Warmond, which is located in an area called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (
Duin- en Bollenstreek
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), is notable for being very affluent.
Warmond is situated on a lake system called
Kagerplassen {{coord, 52, 12, 19, N, 4, 32, 18, E, type:waterbody_region:NL_scale:60000, display=title
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and has several
marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
s which make it a popular recreational area for
boating
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and other water sports.
An 18th-century mansion called ''""'' ("House at Warmond") is located north of the village along the main road.
The
Major Seminary, Warmond, was founded here in 1799. Located in a converted in the former French Boarding School, it provided training for Priests until 1967. The only known surviving copy of
Joos Lambrecht
Joos Lambrecht (1491, Ghent – 1556/7, Wesel) was a Walloon printer, typographer, lexicographer and linguist.
He was the son of Jan Lambrecht and came from a family of engravers of seals and marks used to authenticate cloth made in Ghent. In 15 ...
Dutch-French dictionary, the ''Naembouck'', was discovered by
Wytze Hellinga
Wytze Gerbens Hellinga (20 December, 1908 Haarlem - 16 March, 1985 London) was a Dutch people, Dutch professor of linguistics at the University of Amsterdam.
Hellinga was the son of Gerben Hellinga, a school master and Taatske Zwart, a writer of ...
in the library here shortly after it was closed.
The first railway accident in the Netherlands occurred near Warmond on 10 March 1843. 1 person was killed.
Demographics (2000)
When it was a municipality, Warmond had the highest death rate in all of Netherlands. (22.3 per 1000 in 2004, three times the national average). Now
Laren has the highest Death Rate in all of Netherlands.
*Birth Rate: 8.97 per 1000 (2000)
*Death Rate: 23.10 per 1000 (2000)
*NGR: -1.41% per year (2000).
Notable inhabitants
The Dutch painter
Jan Steen
Jan Havickszoon Steen ( – buried 3 February 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour.
Life
...
lived in Warmond for a brief period, and his house can still be visited. It is also the home of Dutch author
Maarten 't Hart
Maarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject before becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, having made his debut as a ...
, who regularly uses the village and its inhabitants as inspiration for his novels.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( ; ; 24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as " ...
, commonly known as "
the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first
microbiologist
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, was schooled in Warmond.
*The film comedian
Truus van Aalten died in Warmond in 1999.
References
External links
*
Map of WarmondMore detailed map of west of Warmond
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2006
Populated places in South Holland
Former municipalities of South Holland
Teylingen