Nieuwkoop (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈniukoːp](listen)) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of 91.16km2 (35.20sqmi) of which 13.11km2 (5.06sqmi) is water. Its population was 28,628 in 2019.
The oldest part of Nieuwkoop are the buildings along the Nieuwkoopse Plassen (Nieuwkoop's Ponds), many of which are completely surrounded by water and accessible over individual bridges to the main road. The Nieuwkoopse Plassen are shallow lakes that were dug for peat harvesting in the 16th century and are now designated as a natural monument. New neighborhoods north-west of the main road are built after World War II.
Notable people
John of Leiden (1509 in Zevenhoven – 1536) a Dutch leader of the Anabaptism movement in Münster
Catharina Oostfries (1636 in Nieuwkoop – 1708) a Dutch Golden Age glass painter
Willem van Eijk (1941 in Korteraar – 2019) a twice convicted Dutch serial killer
Daan Roosegaarde (born 1979 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch artist who merges technology and art
Sport
Wil Burgmeijer (born 1947 in Ter Aar) a retired Dutch speed skater, competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Jos Valentijn (born 1952 in Ter Aar) a retired speed skater
Petra de Bruin (born 1962 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch former cyclist
Ralph Schwarz (1967 in Nieuwkoop – 1992) a Dutch rower, competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Arjan van der Laan (born 1969 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch former footballer with 427 club caps, now manages the Netherlands women's national football team
Sander Berk (born 1979 in Nieuwveen) a Dutch triathlete
Laurien van der Graaff (born 1987 in Nieuwkoop) a Swiss cross-country skier, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland
Melissa Wijfje (born 1995 in Ter Aar) a Dutch allround speed skater
Gallery
Nieuwkoop, catholic church
Zevenhoven, church
Noordeinde, church
Nieuwkoop, Woerdense Verlaat
Overzicht van boerderij, vanaf de overzijde van het water, Nieuwkoop
Woerdense Verlaat, drawbridge
Woerdense Verlaat, river (de Meije) near the Bosweg
Woerdense Verlaat, cows in pasture along the Bosweg near Lusthof de Haeck
References
"College van B&W"[Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nieuwkoop. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
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