User:DrMichaelWright/Mijdrecht
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| Coordinates: 52°12′26″N 4°51′34″E / 52.20722°N 4.85944°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | De Ronde Venen |
| Population (2012)[1] | 15,585 |
| • Density | 2,940/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
Mijdrecht is a town in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, in the Netherlands. It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the main A2 motorway, between Utrecht and Amsterdam.
Its population is around 16,000.[1] Recently the city has grown, by expanding with 'Wickelhof I and II'. From 1982 until 2012, a national festival used to be held in Mijdrecht every year, which was called AJOC.[2][3]
Notable Locations
[edit]The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops and the municipal administrative offices are located. There is a police office, a fire department, 6 supermarkets, sport facilities, and a coffee shop. There is no police or doctor in the weekends.
Mijdrecht is further home to the Dutch branch of S. C. Johnson & Son, where it is housed in an office building designed by Hugh Maaskant on the Groot-Mijdrechtstraat.[4]
There is one high/secondary school called Veenlanden College. This Mijdrecht campus of the school contains around 1380 students in MAVO, HAVO and Atheneum levels.[5]
The football team SV Argon has its stadium here.
History
[edit]Medieval History
[edit]In 1085 the parish of Mijdrecht, together with those of Wilnis, Tamen, Zevenhoven en Kudelstaart, was granted to the Deaconate of St. John (Proosdij van Sint-Jan), by Conrad, the Prince-bishop of Utrecht, in return for a depot in the Holland-Utrecht border region and the guarantee that the deaconate would develop the rugged terrain for habitation.[6]
Recent History
[edit]Most parts of the city (like Hofland-Noord and Molenland) were built after 1980.
Until 1989, Mijdrecht was a separate municipality.[7]
Secondary
[edit]There is one high/secondary school called Veenlanden College. The Mijdrecht campus of the school contains around 1380 students in MAVO, HAVO and Atheneum levels.[5] It is a 'Samenwerkingsschool' (literally: co-operation school), meaning that it combines secular and religious education, as a public school. Some students in Mijdrecht, however, elect to attend the Alkwin Kollege in Uithoorn.
Notable people
[edit]- Irfan Bachdim, Indonesian footballer
- Henk Norel, Professional international basketball player
- Anouk Hoogendijk, Professional footballer
References
[edit]- ^ a b Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (2014, December 10). Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009-2012. CBS StatLine. Retrieved on January 2, 2018 from http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=70904NED
- ^ AJOC Festival. "AJOC Festival". 0297.nl. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ AJOC Festival (2012, November 28). "Geen AJOC Festival in 2013". 0297.nl. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Maaskant van Dommelen Kroos, A. (1972). Johnson-Wax Mijdrecht (Holanda). Informes De La Construccion, 25(242), 9-14.
- ^ a b Veenlanden College (2017). 2017-2018 School Gids. Retrieved January 2, 2018 from http://www.veenlandencollege.nl/wp-content/uploads/Schoolgids-2017-2018.pdf
- ^ Cappon, C.M. (1983). "F. Doeleman, De heerschappij van de proost van Sint Jan in de middeleeuwen 1085-1594. Een rechtshistorische studie van de institutionele aard van een hoge heerlijkheid in het veen van Wilnis, Mijdrecht, Tamen, Kudelstaart en Zevenhoven in het grensgebied van Holland en het Nedersticht, alsmede in Achttienhoven". BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review. 98 (3): 494–498. doi:10.18352/bmgn-lchr.2421.
- ^ Van der Meer, A. & Boonstra, O. (2006). Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006. The Hague: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
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External links
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- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Mijdrecht". Map of the former municipality in 1868.