Zandvoort
Zandvoort | |
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Municipality | |
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Postcode | 2040–2042, 2116 |
Area code | 023 |
Website | www |
Zandvoort (Dutch pronunciation:
The municipality of extends to take in
History
Zandvoort is known to exist in 1100, called Sandevoerde (a combination of "sand" and "voorde", meaning
In 1881 the railway station near the coast opened, followed by
After the war, the town's growth accelerated, matching the growth in tourism. In 1948,
Transport
Zandvoort has a station, with half-hourly services to Haarlem and Amsterdam, with extra services from Haarlem during the summer. The station is Zandvoort aan Zee railway station.
Local government
The municipal council of Zandvoort consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows since 2022:[5]
- Jong Zandvoort[6] 3 seats
- CDA3 seats
- Ouderen Partij Zandvoort[7] 3 seats
- VVD2 seats
- PVV 2 seats
- PvdA1 seat
- GroenLinks 1 seat
- D661 seat
- Zandvoort Echt Een[8] 1 seat
Notable people
- William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) American Impressionist Painter painted his masterpiece entitled "Sunlight and Shadow" in Zandvoort. It hangs in the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Dutch masters
- Bep Schrieke (1890–1945) politician and academic
- Lou Bandy (1890–1959) Dutch singer and conferencier
- Anne Frank (1929–1945) Jewish diarist and victim of the Holocaust, and her family used to regularly visit Zandvoort in the summer.[9]
- Shirley Zwerus, stage name Shirley (born 1946) singer and pianist
- Erasmus University
- Stella Maessen (born 1953) singer, participated in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1970, 1977 and 1982
- A 2.5 m (8 ft) tall Lego figure was found in the sea at Zandvoort on 7 August 2007. It was fished out and placed on the beach. It was wearing a blue shirt with the slogan "No Real Than You Are" and red trousers. Its origins are unknown.[10]
Sport
- Elisabeth Koning (1917–1975) sprinter, competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Bep Ipenburg (born 1936) former artistic gymnast, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Bert Jacobs (1941-1999) football manager and played for HFC Haarlem
- Roy Schuiten (1950–2006) track and road racing cyclist
- Loes Schutte (born 1953) retired rower, participated in 1976 Summer Olympics
- Jan Lammers (b.1956), former racing driver (Formula One)
- Piet Keur (b.1960), former football player
- Harriet van Ettekoven (born 1961) former international rower, won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Danny van Dongen (born 1983) racing driver and entrepreneur
- Leroy Kaestner (born 1988) welterweight kickboxer
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William Merritt Chase
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Stella Maessen
References
- ^ "Burgemeester David Moolenburgh" [Mayor David Moolenburgh] (in Dutch). Gemeente Zandvoort. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 2042KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Voorlopige uitslag gemeenteraads-verkiezingen 2022". Zandvoort (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "Jong Zandvoort". jongzandvoort.nl. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Ouderen Partij Zandvoort". Opzandvoort.nl. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "De propositiepartij van Zandvoort". Zandvoort Echt Een (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ Stichting, Anne Frank (23 September 2010). "Margot (left) and Anne Frank on the beach at Zandvoort in the Netherlands, August 1940". web.annefrank.org.
- ^ "Giant Lego Man Found in Dutch Sea". Reuters UK. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
External links
- Media related to Zandvoort at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website