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42-560: The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later. Data from 2010: * Witbrant and Koolhoven were not finished yet when data was put online The different neighbourhoods are almost clearly divided by the starting alphabetical letter of every street. The streets are named after Dutch villages and hamlets under 20.000 inhabitants, with some exceptions which contain bigger towns. In

84-415: A few business parks. Hillegom is bordered by the municipalities of Bloemendaal (and formerly Bennebroek ) to the north, Haarlemmermeer to the east, Lisse to the south, and Noordwijk (formerly Noordwijkerhout ) to the west. The municipality covers an area of 13.47 km (5.20 sq mi) of which 0.60 km (0.23 sq mi) is water. Population on January 1: Historically, much of

126-507: A large portion of the local economy was traditionally geared to the cultivation of bulb flowers. The name Hillegom is derived from the abbey named Hijlighem ( Old Frankish for "Holy Home"). This abbey no longer exists. The current Lord of Hillegom is Jan Six X . Hillegom was formed on the eastern edge of the coastal dunes where the old Leiden to Haarlem route crossed the Hillegommerbeek (Hillegom's Creek), not far from

168-421: A very high percentage (3.245 grams per litre) of common salt ; and in 1893 a company was formed to work them. In 1854, the city of Leiden laid claim to the possession of the new territory, but the courts decided in favor of the nation. Haarlemmermeer became incorporated as a municipality in the province of North Holland by law on 16 July 1855. Its first mayor was Matthijs Samuel Petrus Pabst. The first church

210-489: Is a polder , consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means ' Haarlem 's lake', referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century. Haarlemmermeer's main town is Hoofddorp , which has a population of 76,660. Hoofddorp, along with the rapidly growing towns of Nieuw-Vennep and Badhoevedorp , are part of the Randstad agglomeration. The main international airport of

252-711: Is an important waterway for commercial and recreational boats alike. A portion of it forms part of the sailroute from Hollands Diep to the IJsselmeer , passable for ships with masts over 6 meters tall. There is also a connection to the Kaag Lake system ( Kagerplassen ), which extends to Leiden and beyond. There are several canals within Haarlemmermeer itself, the main ones are Hoofdvaart (Main Canal) and Kruisvaart (Cross Canal). But these had initially no connection to

294-614: Is called the waterwolf . During the Dutch War of Independence , the waters of the Haarlemmermeer were the scene of the Battle of Haarlemmermeer , a naval engagement between a Spanish fleet and the ships of the Dutch rebels known as " Sea Beggars ", who were trying to break the Siege of Haarlem . The Haarlemmermeer could be a dangerous place during storms. On 7 January 1629, Frederick Henry of

336-463: Is served by Provincial Roads 207, 208, and 442. Hillegom is served by Hillegom railway station , with direct connections to Haarlem in the north and Leiden and The Hague southward. The most interesting time to visit is during the spring when the fields around Hillegom are in a colourful bloom. At this time a flower parade , the Bloemencorso , travels through its main streets. Hillegom

378-645: The Leeghwater , the Cruquius (the largest Watt-design reciprocal stroke steam engine ever built and now a museum), and the Lijnden . Pumping began in 1848, and the lake was dry by July 1, 1852; 800 million tons of water were actually discharged. At the first sale of the highest lands along the banks on 16 August 1853, about £28 per acre was paid; but the average price afterwards was less. The whole area of 170.36 square kilometres (65.78 sq mi) recovered from

420-570: The Vallei in Dalem built in 2008. The district is surrounded by multiple forests and parks. In the middle of the district, there's the Reeshofpark, which is about 60 acres of park. At the southern end, some restaurants were opened in 2011. The Reeshofpark is not considered safe at night, which caused nuisance among inhabitants. The park now has brighter lights and mobile camera control. Adjacent to

462-475: The 19th century, the beauty of the area and its estates slowly began to disappear. Developers bought the estates, cut down the forests, and excavated the sand dunes to create fields for bulb flower cultivation. This process accelerated in 1904 when a lime-sand brick factory was built just south of Hillegom, which needed large amounts of sand. By the early 1920s, all estates had disappeared, except for Het Hof which became Hillegom's town hall . This same period saw

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504-545: The Abbot of Egmond. In the middle of the 14th century, Hillegom gained some prominence when the counts of Holland convened there 3 times for council. In 1369, there were 46 houses with a population of 283, growing to 67 houses and 412 people in 1477. During the Eighty Years' War , Hillegom found itself several times between the opposing Spanish and Dutch Rebel armies, resulting in its near destruction in 1577. But after

546-586: The Amsterdam branch office of Corendon Airlines . Also, the international organization representing air navigation service providers (air traffic controllers), Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) has its headquarters in Schiphol Airport. At one time KLM had its head office on the grounds of Schiphol Airport. Its current head office in Amstelveen had a scheduled completion at

588-676: The Kaaistoep are larger forests adjacent to the Reeshof. The district is connected by train with Tilburg Reeshof train station , built in 2003 to provide the district a railway connection to Breda and Tilburg Centrum . The district is connected via the Burgemeester Baron van Voorst tot Voorstweg in the east, the Bredaseweg in the south and the Burgemeester Letschertweg (partially under construction) in

630-625: The Netherlands, Schiphol , is located in Haarlemmermeer. The original Haarlemmermeer lake is said to have been mostly a peat bog , a relic of a northern arm of the Rhine which passed through the district in Roman times. In 1531, the original Haarlemmermeer had an area of 26.0 square kilometres (10.0 sq mi), and near it were three smaller lakes: the Leidsche Meer ( Leiden Lake),

672-576: The Palatinate , son and heir of Frederick V , the "Winter King" drowned trying to cross it. By 1647, the new Haarlemmermeer had an area of about 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi), which a century later had increased to over 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi). In 1643, Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater proposed to dike and drain the lake. Similar schemes, among which those of Nicolaus Samuel Cruquius in 1742 and of Baron van Lijnden van Hemmen in 1820, were proposed from time to time. But it

714-466: The Reeshofpark, there's a nature development area, called the Dongevallei. This area was created after urban planners encountered government restrictions about natural development in the Netherlands. The Donge river had to be decanalized, and agricultural area to be excavated. From seeds buried in the deep ground of nearly a century ago, new plants (re-)originated there. Highland cattle is grazing in

756-537: The Spiering Meer, and the Oude Meer (Old Lake), with a combined area of about 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi). The four lakes were formed into one by successive floods with the Haarlemmermeer name being applied to the combined lake. Villages disappeared in the process. One of those villages was Vennep, after which the modern Nieuw-Vennep was named. In Dutch, the tendency for lakes to grow over time

798-452: The area, fenced from housing to prevent escapings. The alder, which is too bitter for highland cattle, is grazed by Kempian sheep. The nature development area will be extended to Koolhoven Buiten, the la(te)st neighbourhood when ready. The Reeshofbos (formerly called Hultensche Heide ) is a forest remaining in the east, which forms a part of the border with the rest of Tilburg . Huis Ter Heide (when industrial area Vossenberg counted with) and

840-462: The canal was more than 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi), and the average depth of the lake 4 metres (13 ft). As the water had no natural drainage, it was calculated that probably 1000 million tons of water would have to be raised by mechanical means. All of the pumping was done by steam mills, an innovation contrasting with the historic practice of draining polders using windmills . Three Cornish beam engines were imported from Hayle :

882-482: The centre of Hillegom. At this time, there were many other estates of rich merchants and stadtholders in Hillegom, such as Bethlehem, Oostende, Horstendael, Weeresteyn, Treslong, Duin en Weg, Meer en Dorp, Het Hof, Lapinenburg and Elsbroek (many of these names survive as neighborhood names). The population grew to 930 in 1732 and to 1050 in 1795. In 1855 Hillegom absorbed the former municipality of De Vennip . During

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924-639: The end of 1970. When Air Holland existed, its head office was in Oude Meer , Haarlemmermeer. At one time NLM CityHopper had its head office at the airport. One of the busiest freeways in the Netherlands, the A4 from Amsterdam to Den Haag, crosses right through Haarlemmermeer. Other freeways are the A5 , from Hoofddorp to Amsterdam Sloterdijk, A9 from Alkmaar to Diemen and the A44 , from Nieuw-Vennep to Wassenaar. In

966-429: The following May the work was begun. First, a canal was dug around the lake, called Ringvaart (Ring Canal), to carry the water drainage and boat and ship traffic which had previously gone across the lake. This canal was 61 kilometres (38 mi) long, and 2.40 metres (7.9 ft) deep, and the excavated earth was used to build a dike from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 164 ft) wide around the lake. The area enclosed by

1008-671: The grounds of Schiphol Airport in Haarlemmermeer. The airline alliance SkyTeam has its offices in the World Trade Center Schiphol building on the grounds of Schiphol Airport. Schiphol Group , which operates the airport, has its head office on the airport property. Iran Air has its Netherlands sales office in the World Trade Center building. Nippon Cargo Airlines has its Europe regional offices there as well. Corendon Dutch Airlines has its head office in Lijnden , Haarlemmermeer. Lijnden also has

1050-473: The management of Schiphol. After Stockholm's airport , Schiphol was the second airport in Europe to have hardened runways, in 1937–1938. The name Schiphol means "ship hole" and refers to the many ships lost due to storms in the former lake. In the first half of the 20th century, a number of steam railway lines were built in Haarlemmermeer; most were abandoned only a couple of decades later. On 1 January 2019,

1092-525: The middle of the 17th century, the area became prosperous through the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, growing on the sandy soil of fields dug out the dunes. In 1722, the rich Amsterdam merchant Jan Six II bought the fiefdom Hillegom and built improvements, including a stone bridge over the Hillegommerbeek and a pump in the village square as well as paving a portion of the main road. In 1749, he purchased Het Hof (The Courtyard), an estate in

1134-787: The municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude merged with Haarlemmermeer. The municipality of Haarlemmermeer contains the following cities, towns and villages: Aalsmeerderbrug , Abbenes , Badhoevedorp , Beinsdorp , Boesingheliede , Buitenkaag , Burgerveen , Cruquius , De Hoek , Haarlemmerliede , Halfweg , Hoofddorp , 't Kabel , Leimuiderbrug , Lijnden , Lisserbroek , Nieuwe Meer , Nieuwebrug , Nieuw-Vennep , Oude Meer , Penningsveer , Rijsenhout , Rozenburg, North Holland  [ nl ] , Schiphol , Schiphol-Rijk , Spaarndam (partly), Spaarnwoude , Vijfhuizen , Vinkebrug , Weteringbrug , Zwaanshoek , Zwanenburg . Four airlines, TUI fly Netherlands , KLM Cityhopper , Martinair , and Transavia have their headquarters on

1176-561: The neighbourhood Heerevelden for example, there are streets like Hillegomlaan and Haaftenstraat . Despite having the starting alphabetical letter too, Heerevelden is, together with Witbrant, the only neighbourhood with this. Three shopping areas facilitate the Reeshof. Buurmalsenplein in Gesworen Hoek which was the (temporary) main shopping area until 1997, the Heyhoef , the largest in its own neighbourhood built in 1997, and at last

1218-633: The north is another boundary of the district. The canal will be widened to give more ships access to Tilburg, which will affect the canal zone in the Reeshof Hillegom Hillegom ( Dutch: [ˌɦɪləˈɣɔm] ) is a town and municipality in the Western Netherlands , in the province of South Holland . Hillegom is part of an area called the Duin- en Bollenstreek ("Dune and Bulb Region"). As such,

1260-585: The outside waterways, meaning that goods had to be reloaded at the ring dike. In 1895 a double canal lock was built at Aalsmeer , boosting the economy. In the 1950s this lock was closed and the canals are once again no longer used for shipping. The municipal council of Haarlemmermeer consists of 39 seats, which at the 2022 municipal elections divided as follows: The Netherlands Aviation Safety Board , during its existence, had its head office in Hoofddorp in Haarlemmermeer. The Dutch Transport Safety Board ,

1302-464: The population by settling in the villages along the Ringvaart. Maize, seeds, cattle, butter, and cheese were the principal produce. Today, large industrial and office developments have become prominent, especially at Hoofddorp and Schiphol. The roads which traverse the commune are bordered by pleasant-looking farmhouses built after the various styles of Holland , Friesland and Brabant , reflecting

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1344-461: The presence of HM Queen Beatrix , in 2004 three bridges designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava were opened. The bridges span the main canal of the Haarlemmermeer and are named after three string instruments ; Harp , Cittern , and Lute . In 2006 two of those bridges' structures already displayed clear signs of corrosion, and had to be repaired. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ,

1386-570: The principal international airport of the Netherlands, is also situated in Haarlemmermeer. Nederlandse Spoorwegen , the Dutch National Railways, serves the municipality with three stations: Hoofddorp , Nieuw-Vennep , and Schiphol Airport (which serves high speed rail as well). There was a network of local steam railways across Harlemmermeer in the early 20th century, the Haarlemmermeer railway lines . The Ringvaart

1428-409: The rapid growth of the bulb flower industry and Hillegom's population, up to 8800 in 1916. Hillegom's convenient location led to another rapid growth period during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, when many new neighborhoods were built to accommodate families working in either Haarlem, Amsterdam, or Leiden. Its economy became less dependent on the bulb flower trade and more diversified with the establishment of

1470-545: The shores of the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem's Lake). Places with the suffix "-heim" (or variant spellings) usually developed before the year 1000 and therefore it is assumed that this may apply to Hillegom as well. In 1150 the abbot of Egmond had the rights to naming priests in Hillegom, indicating that a church or chapel existed there. In 1248 the count Willem II gave the Chapel of Hijllinghem and all its buildings to

1512-554: The town's transportation was done by water, either canals or streams. The Hillegommerbeek (Hillegom's Creek) was used to transport goods from the town to Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem's Lake) and, after its reclamation , to the Ringvaart . Several docks and wharfs still line the creek and canal. The Leidsevaart (Leiden Canal) was completed in 1657 and runs between Leiden and Haarlem just west of Hillegom. This canal has fallen in disuse because of its many non-operable bridges. Hillegom

1554-440: The various origins of the farmers. Hoofddorp, Venneperdorp or Nieuw-Vennep, Abbenes, and the vicinities of the pumping stations are the spots where the population has clustered most densely. In 1917 a military airport was built near the old fort of Schiphol. Nowadays, Schiphol Airport is the major civilian aviation hub in the Netherlands, using 15% of Haarlemmermeer's land area. In 1926, Amsterdam 's municipal council took over

1596-459: The waters brought in 9,400,000 guilders, or about £780,000, exactly covering the cost of the enterprise; so that the actual cost to the nation was only the amount of the interest on the capital, or about £368,000. The soil is of various kinds, loam, clay, sand, and peat. Most of it is fertile enough, though in the lower portions there are barren patches where the scanty vegetation is covered with an ochreous deposit. Mineral springs occur containing

1638-569: The west. The Letschertweg provides access to the A58 . In the first years of the existence of the district, many complaints existed about the lack of infrastructure in that time. Before the eastern roads existed, people had to drive over the Reeshofdijk and Langendijk, and before the train station was finished, there existed an at-grade railway crossing at the Reeshofweg. The Wilhelmina Canal in

1680-527: Was built in the same year and by 1877 there were seven. By 1860 its population was 7237, and 40 years later in 1900, it was 16,621. Initially agriculture dominated in Haarlemmermeer. But with 99% of the land owned by a few wealthy land owners, poor harvests and low commodity prices, life was very difficult for the tenant farmers . After 1900, the situation improved when commodity prices rose and most farmers owned their own land. Then greenhouse farming developed. Seasonal labourers, attracted by good pay, boosted

1722-545: Was home to the Den Hartogh Ford Museum , which had the world's largest collection of Ford automobiles, until it closed down in 2016. It had over 200 classic cars, all from before World War II. Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦaːrlɛmərˈmeːr] ) is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands , in the province of North Holland . Haarlemmermeer

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1764-607: Was not until a furious hurricane in November 1836 drove the waters as far as the gates of Amsterdam , and another on Christmas Day sent them in the opposite direction to submerge the streets of Leiden , that the matter was seriously considered. On 1 August 1837, King William I appointed a royal commission of inquiry. Their proposal receiving the sanction of the Dutch Parliament 's Second Chamber in March 1839, and in

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