Waddinxveen
—  Municipality  —
Lift bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°03′N 4°39′E / 52.05°N 4.65°E / 52.05; 4.65
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Area
- Total	29.39 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
- Land	27.87 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
- Water	1.52 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
- Total	25,867
- Density	928/km2 (2,403.5/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.waddinxveen.nl

Waddinxveen ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 26,304 in 2004, and covers an area of 29.39 km² (of which 1.52 km² is water).

Partner city of Waddinxveen is Pelhřimov in the Czech Republic.

Contents 1 History 2 Born in Waddinxveen 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch Pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983.

Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen ^[1].

[edit] Born in Waddinxveen

• Sharon den Adel (b. 1974) - vocalist of Within Temptation
• George Baker (b. 1944) - singer
• Robert Westerholt (b. 1975) - guitarist of Within Temptation
• Jack Delhi (b. 1985) - DJ & Producer
• Mark van den Akker - radiodj of KXRadio
• Bastiaan Bretveld (b. 1989) - currently holds the 8th national position in Dutch high jump competition

[edit] Gallery

Lift bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe.

Bridge seen from the north side

The Hefbrug church

[edit] References

1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Online edition

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentewaddinxveen/

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