Wormerveer is a town in the Dutch province of

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 ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Zaanstad Zaanstad () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area of ...

, and lies about 13 km (8 miles) northwest of

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. Wormerveer developed in the 15th century on the west bank of the Zaan river. It started to industrialise with windmills in the 17th century, however none of the windmills exist any more. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1639 to replace the medieval church which was destroyed in 1574 by Spanish troops. Wormerveer was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality of Zaanstad.

Transport

* Railway station Wormerveer There are 4 trains per hour from Monday to Friday to

. 2 trains per hour operate on Saturdays and Sundays.

Notable people

* Herman Gorter * Wolter Kroes * Gerrit Mannoury * Christian Supusepa

References

Zaanstad Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub