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Nieuwveen

Place

Schoterveld

Expansion plan of 1955; the first house building in the agricultural area.

Schoterveld, Nieuwveen

What happened here

4 events

1955

In 1955

The clothing workshop Kwiek opens in the Schoterveld expansion plan, with work for about 60 women. Only a few girls from Nieuwveen itself come to work there.

After 1945 industry work From the typed document
1955

In 1955

The first houses of Schoterveld go up in the Nieuwkoop polder, west of the W.P. Speelmanweg. Never before had anything been built in the municipality's agricultural area.

After 1945 house building From the typed document
c. 1962 approximate

Beginning with the year 1962

More and more commuters settle in the Schoterveld expansion plan. They buy houses of their own, built with a state grant or in the private sector without government support. The make-up of Nieuwveen's population changes profoundly as a result.

After 1945 commuters population From the typed document
1964

In 1964

The clothing workshop Kwiek, started in Schoterveld in 1955, closes. The municipality buys the building and fits it out as a gymnasium, chiefly for primary school pupils. In the evenings local clubs use it, among them the gymnastics club Kwiek.

After 1945 industry sport From the typed document