Egmond-Binnen ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛxmɔndˈbɪnə(n)] ) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Bergen , and lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of Alkmaar .
6-509: The village was first mentioned in 922 as Ekmunde. The etymology is unknown. The missionary Adalbert of Egmond founded a chapel near Egmond-Binnen and died there around 740. In 922, the Benedictine Egmond Abbey was founded at the location and a settlement developed around it. The abbey was plundered and partially destroyed in 1573. The loot was used to finance the founding of Leiden University . René Descartes lived in
12-482: A separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond aan Zee and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond . In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001. Adalbert of Egmond Adalbert of Egmond (also called Æthelberht of Egmond ) (died c. 710 in Egmond ) was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary. He was one of Willibrord 's companions in preaching
18-827: The gospel in Holland and Frisia . Adalbert (or Æthelberht) is said to have been born in Northumbria , a member of the Northumbrian royal family. According to some sources, Adalbert studied at the Rath Melsigi ) in Ireland with Egbert . Around 690 he went to assist Willibrord (who had also been at Rath Melsigi) in the mission field of Frisia . According to Alcuin 's late eighth-century Vita Willibrordi archiepiscopi Traiectensis , they landed near Domburg . Adelbert became associated particularly with Egmond. He
24-548: The first in the country, some two hundred years later by Count Dirk I of West Frisia (or Holland), of which Adalbert was made the patron. The Vita was not commissioned until the 990s, which presumably accounts for its lack of facts. Adalbert's relics were translated to the newly built abbey (initially a nunnery) for veneration. After the Reformation and the destruction of the abbey, they were preserved in Haarlem . The cult
30-464: The village during the 1640s. In 1789, the south tower collapsed, and the remainder was sold for demolition. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1836 at the former north tower of the abbey. Between 1914 and 1956, the church was built and a tower was added. In 1933, a new monastery was built in Egmond-Binnen and elevated to abbey in 1950. Egmond-Binnen was home to 915 people in 1840. It was
36-470: Was made Archdeacon of the recently founded See of Utrecht and died at Egmund about A.D. 740. He was buried there, and miracles were reported at his tomb, over which a church was built. Adalbert is said to have shielded the settlement of Egmond from pirates by causing a fog to arise along the coast. His continued remembrance rests largely on the foundation of the Benedictine monastery, Egmond Abbey ,
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