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Koggenland
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Koggenland (West Frisian: Koggelân) is a municipality in North Holland province and the region of West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former municipalities of Obdam and Wester-Koggenland.
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The name of the municipality refers to the historic Kogge from the middle-ages. A kogge or cogge was a jurisdiction area of several villages or bannen (mostly around 4 or 5).
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Population centres
Villages:
- Avenhorn
- Berkhout
- Bobeldijk
- De Goorn
- Grosthuizen
- Hensbroek
- Obdam
- Oostmijzen
- Oudendijk
- Rustenburg
- Scharwoude
- Spierdijk
- Ursem
- Wogmeer
- Zuid-Spierdijk
- Zuidermeer
Hamlets:
- Baarsdorpermeer
- Berkmeer
- De Hulk
- Kathoek
- Noord-Spierdijk
- Noorddijk
- Noordermeer
- Oosteinde
- Obdammerdijk
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Koggenland, July 2015
Notable people
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- Bernard Claesen Speirdyke (1663, prob. in Spierdijk – 1670) a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer
- Jacob Clay (1882 in Berkhout – 1955) a Dutch physicist who studied cosmic rays
- Henk Jonker (1912 in Berkhout – 2002) a Dutch photographer, most active in World War II
- Sander Lantinga (born 1976 in Biddinghuizen) a radio & TV program maker, a radio-DJ and streaker[6]
Sport
Gallery
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Berkhout (viewed from the back)
Voormalig Raadhuis, Grosthuizen
Markermeer dike near Scharwoude
Anna Hoeve, Berkhout
References
External links
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