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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
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| - Total | 21. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland,, West Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 88 km² (8. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) |
| - Land | 20. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 58 km² (7. 9 sq mi) |
| - Water | 1. 30 km² (0. 5 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Total | 17,529 |
| - Density | 852/km² (2,206. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website: www.weesp.nl | |
Weesp [IPA: ʋe:sp] is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland,, West Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the
Weesp lies next to the rivers de Vecht and Smal Weesp and also next to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. Vecht is a Rhine branch in the Dutch Province of Utrecht. It is sometimes called Utrechtse Vecht to avoid confusion with its The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal or Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is a Canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port city of Amsterdam to the It is in an area called the "Vechtstreek". The Vechtstreek (a Dutch word means the "Vecht Region" It is only 3 km from the end of the Amsterdam metro, but the wide Amsterdam-Rhine Canal keeps it geographically separate. Weesp is a rail junction, and very easily accessible. The town is surrounded by open grassland.
The small city has a population of 17. 533 inhabitants as of the year 2006. Weesp is famous for Van Houten-chocolate, windmills, the historical centre with its canals, its Weesper porcelain and the Weesper Mop cookie. Coenraad Johannes van Houten ( March 15 1801, Amsterdam - 1887 Weesp) was a Dutch Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways The bastion and fortifications are also famous, because they are a part of the Defense line of Amsterdam and the Dutch Water Line. A bastion is a structure projecting outward from the main enclosure of a Fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain with the shape Fortifications are Military Constructions and Buildings designed for defense in Warfare Humans have constructed defensive works for The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defense line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring History The Dutch Water Line was a series of water based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau and realised by his half brother Frederick Henry. They were never used, though.
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History
Until the early Middle Ages this region was an uninhabited peat bog. A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Weesp was granted city rights in 1355 and celebrated its 650th anniversary as a city in 2005.
From the late Middle Ages, the Vecht was a defensive line for the County of Holland and it remained a military defensive line until the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Weesp was strongly fortified, more than its size would justify - for most of its history it had a few thousand inhabitants.
The defensive lines consisted of inundation zones, which would be flooded in wartime. Behind them were fortified towns, forts, barracks and other military structures. The most comprehensive was the Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam), a circular inundation zone around Amsterdam, which belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
After the Second World War, new housing was built in the west and an industrial zone with a harbour at the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal was constructed. In the 1970’s a suburb was built on the south. Since then the town has not expanded.
Population Centers
The municipality of Weesp consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Horn, Uitermeer, Weesp.
Local government
The municipal council of Weesp consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:
- WSP - 5 seats
- PvdA - 3 seats
- CDA - 3 seats
- VVD - 2 seats
- GroenLinks - 2 seats
- AOV - 1 seat
- DEP - 1 seat
Trivia
You call somebody who is born or lives in Weesp a Weesper Mop. The Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA) (Christen Democratisch Appèl is a Dutch Christian-democratic Political party. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD) (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie is a Dutch liberal Political party. GroenLinks ( GL, English: GreenLeft) is a Dutch Green Political party. It's also a cookie you can eat.
References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
- Official website Weesp (Dutch)
- Weesp travel guide from Wikitravel
- Local radiostation Radio Weesp (Dutch)
- Local newspaper WeesperNieuws (Dutch)
- Big annual event Sluis- en Bruggenfeest (Dutch)
- Weesp 650-years city rights (Dutch)
- Weesper windmills (Dutch)
- Local theatre City of Wesopa (Dutch)
- Firedepartment Weesp (must see) (Dutch)
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