Leimuiden

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

52°13′N 4°40′E / 52.217°N 4.667°E / 52.217; 4.667CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityKaag en BraassemArea

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• Total12.26 km² (4.73 sq mi)Elevation

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−0.5 m (−1.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total4,500 • Density370/km² (950/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

2451^[1]

Dialing code0172Major roadsN207

Leimuiden is a Dutch village in the South Holland municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn.

History

The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Letthemutha, and means "mouth of the Leiden river".^[3] Leimuiden is a peat excavation settlement from the Middle Ages.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built in 1805 as a replacement of the 1555 church. It was restored between 1963 and 1965, and a consistory was added.^[4]

Leimuiden was home to 551 people in 1840.^[5] It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it became part of Jacobswoude. The village was part of North Holland until 1865.^[6] The village was bombed on 2 August 1940 by the Royal Air Force, because the Germans had established a local headquarters in Leimuiden.^[5] In 2009, it became part of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.^[5]

The highest level surface of Leimuiden is located on provincial road N207, approximately level with NAP. The village "on the hill" (Noordeinde-Dokter Stapenséastraat-Burgemeester Bakhuizenlaan-Dorpsstraat) is approximately 0.5 meters below NAP. The depoldered areas are between 4.0 and 4.5 meters below NAP.

Gallery

Leimuiden, church
Leimuiden, church: de Johannes de Doperkerk

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 2451AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Leimuiden - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Leimuiden" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9034 3. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leimuiden". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.