Krimpenerwaard

Krimpenerwaard is a municipality of the Netherlands. It is a rural area located in the east of the province of South Holland, just south of Gouda and east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is bordered on the north by the river Hollandse IJssel, on the south by the river Lek and on the east by the stream Vlist.[1]

Krimpenerwaard
Municipality
Krimpenerwaard landscape on an October morning in 2009
Coat of arms
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 51°59′N 4°47′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorRoel Cazemier (Incumbent) (VVD)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code0180/0182
Websitewww.krimpenerwaard.nl
1837 map of the Krimpenerwaard
Vlist polder. The Vlist River is in the distance near the houses.

Krimpenerwaard obtains its name from the fact that "Krimp" used to mean a bend in a river and "Waard" is the Dutch word for an interfluvial area between the winter dikes of different river channels (in this case, the Lek and the Hollandse IJssel).[2] There are other such waarden in this area. The Lopikerwaard lies to the east; the Zuidplaspolder to the west. The name Krimpenerwaard first appeared in the historical records in 944.

The municipality was formed by a merger of the municipalities of Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Vlist, Bergambacht and Schoonhoven on 1 January 2015.[3]

Geography

The towns and villages in the Krimpenerwaard are:

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, June 2015

Notable people
Reinier de Graaf, ca.1670
Wim Kok, 1994

Sport
  • Schoonhoven - Haven
  • Bergambacht, Hervormde Kerk, campanile
  • Vlist, de Stokjesbrug
  • Baarhuisje Sint-Barnabaskerk, Haastrecht

Notes
  1. This is a translation of the article by the same name on the Dutch version of Wikipedia.
  2. Wang, Y.; Koopmans, B. N.; Pohl, C. "The 1995 Flood in the Netherlands Monitored from Space - a Multisensor Approach". adsabs.harvard.edu.
  3. "Herindeling vijf gemeenten Krimpenerwaard". Binnenlands Bestuur (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. IMDb Database retrieved 26 August 2019


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