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The Ringvaart (Dutch meaning "ring canal") is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder and forms the boundary of the Haarlemmermeer municipality. Ringvaart is also the name of the dike bordering the canal. Construction of the canal began in 1839 as the first step to reclaim land from Haarlemmermeer (Dutch for Haarlem's Lake ...
Haarlemmermeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦaːrlɛmərˈmeːr] ⓘ) is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means 'Haarlem's lake', referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th ...
Hoofddorp (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːvdɔr(ə)p]; lit. ' Main Village ') is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.
The municipality was formed on 8 September 1857, through the merger of the former municipalities of Haarlemmerliede and Spaarnwoude. [1]On 22 September 1863, Houtrijk en Polanen and Zuidschalkwijk were added to the municipality, [1] of which Zuidschalkwijk was subsequently annexed by the city of Haarlem.
Oude Meer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland.It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 7 km east of Hoofddorp.. Oude Meer has a population of around 230.
It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Haarlem. Haarlemmerliede was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1857, when it merged with Spaarnwoude. [1] The resulting municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude was later merged with Haarlemmermeer, in 2019. [2]
It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik (1678–1754), a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem lake) dry. Like many well-educated men of his time, he latinized his name to Nicolaus Samuel Cruquius .
The river formerly flowed from the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem Lake) to the IJ, which used to extend from the Zuiderzee all the way to Velsen.In the 13th century, a dam with locks was constructed at the mouth of the Spaarne where the village of Spaarndam then formed.