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Nieuwveen
The eighteenth century: decline

In the year 1724

Nieuwveen is no longer governed directly. The Counts of Holland did so first, then — until 1724 — the States of Holland.

Nieuwveen in the Atlas Schoemaker, eighteenth century — the village as a draughtsman saw it, in the century it was sold as a manor. View larger →

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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1724

In the year 1724

For f 15,500,– the heerlijkheid of Nieuwveen — a manorial lordship, carrying rights of jurisdiction and appointment — passes from the States of Holland to the City of Haarlem.

The eighteenth century: decline government heerlijkheid From the typed document
1936

In 1936

The office of mayor of Nieuwveen is merged with that of Rijnsaterwoude and Leimuiden. Mayor J.A. Bakhuizen, successor to J.W. Geesink, lives at Leimuiden and stays there. The arrangement did not go down well in Nieuwveen.

The twentieth century up to the war government mayor From the typed document