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Nieuwveen
Origins and the Middle Ages

Around the year 1200

The source says "omstreeks", "begin" or "na" — around, early in, or after: the year is not exact.

A settlement takes shape here that will later be called Nieuwveen.
The name shifted considerably over the centuries: first Nuenvene, then Nijeveen and Niuweveen, in the seventeenth century Nieuveen, after that Nieuweveen, and from 1795 Nieuwveen.

Provenance This comes from the series J.J. Roovers set down up to 1970. The wording here is this site’s own. View the source

On this spot

Nieuwveen (village centre)

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1331

On 21 July 1331

The oldest firm mention of the village name. Count Willem III grants permission to sell "die leenacker legghende bi der kerc lane te Nuwenvene" — the fief-field lying by the church lane at Nuwenvene. Both the name Nuwenvene and the Kerkstraat – then "der kerc lane" – are therefore on record in 1331.
The medieval church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas and was in the gift of the Counts of Holland.

Origins and the Middle Ages charter name church Researched later