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Zwaagdijk-West

Village in North Holland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zwaagdijk-West
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Zwaagdijk-West (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzʋaːɣdɛik ˈʋɛst]) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 3 km north of Hoorn.

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The village was first mentioned in 1319 as buten den Zuoechdyc, and means "the dike belonging to Zwaag. Zwaagdijk-Oost is the settlement on the eastern side of the dike, Zwaagdijk-West is on the western side.[3] In 1929, the Catholic Jacobus de Meerdere Church was built in Zwaagdijk-West.[4]

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