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Nieuwveen
The twentieth century up to the war

On 15 April 1937

The Raadhuis (town hall) on the A.H. Kooistrastraat is officially opened.

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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1559

In the year 1559

A new Roman Catholic church goes up on the Kerkstraat, replacing the small one already there. The old church was dedicated to St Anne; the new one took St Nicholas as its patron.

Origins and the Middle Ages church Roman Catholic building From the typed document
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
1831

On 14 July 1831

The foundation stone is laid for the new Reformed church on the same site. The architect is Elsmeyer of Nieuwkoop.
Under the State Regulation of 1798 the tower had become the property of the civil municipality, and it is therefore rebuilt at the municipality's commission, to a design by Theo Molkenboer of Leiden. The cost is estimated at 2,100 guilders.

The drainage and the rebuilding church building Researched later