Westwoud is a village in the
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 ...
. It is located in the region of
West Friesland in
North Holland
North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...
, about 4 kilometers northeast of
Hoorn
Hoorn () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. It is the largest town an ...
. The town is part of the municipality of
Drechterland and has a population of 1,785.
Westwoud received
city rights
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
in 1414, along with the villages of
Westerblokker and Oosterblokker. This mainly meant it could form its own judicial district, which was abolished in 1811. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it merged with
Hoogkarspel and Oosterblokker to form the municipality Bangert, which was changed to Drechterland in 1980.
Gallery
File:Westwoud.jpg, Village center
File:Westwoud-Sint Martinuskerk.jpg, Saint Martin's Church
File:Banpaal, Westwoud.JPG, Historic border pole
References
Former municipalities of North Holland
Populated places in North Holland
Drechterland
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