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Nieuwveen
From a village with its own municipality to a settlement of Nieuwkoop

On 1 January 1989

In a local government reorganisation the north-eastern part of the Zevenhoven polder, called "Blokland", is added to the municipality of Nieuwveen. This area previously belonged to the municipality of Mijdrecht in the province of Utrecht.
The population rises as a result to 3,597. The municipality now consists of the settlements of Nieuwveen, Blokland and part of Vrouwenakker.

Provenance This line was not in the typed document. It was looked up in public sources afterwards and added.

On this spot

Nieuwveen (village centre)

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1994

On 1 January 1994

The municipality is renamed LIEMEER. After centuries the name Nieuwveen disappears from the map as the name of a municipality; the village of course remains.
The municipality of Liemeer comprises Nieuwveen, Zevenhoven, Noorden and Vrouwenakker.

The municipal flag of 1968. In 1994 the name Nieuwveen disappeared as a municipality, and the flag went with it. View larger →
From a village with its own municipality to a settlement of Nieuwkoop reorganisation government Liemeer Researched later
2007

On 1 January 2007

The municipality of Liemeer merges with Ter Aar and Nieuwkoop to form the new municipality of NIEUWKOOP. Liemeer still numbered 6,962 inhabitants in November 2006.
The town hall of the new, far larger municipality comes to stand on the Teylersplein in Nieuwveen. The village thereby houses the government of a municipality of nearly 30,000 people – a remarkable sequel to the Raadhuis taken into use on the A.H. Kooistrastraat in 1937.

From a village with its own municipality to a settlement of Nieuwkoop reorganisation government Nieuwkoop Researched later
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