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21-653: Wijk can refer to: Wijk aan Zee , part of the municipality Beverwijk, in North Holland, the Netherlands Wijk bij Duurstede , in Utrecht, the Netherlands Wijk en Aalburg , the main town in the municipality of Aalburg, North Brabant, the Netherlands See also [ edit ] Wyk (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

42-631: A Dutch journalist wrote a book about the project called 'Vital Villages', in which the thoughts and deeds of the 'village movement' are documented. In the dune landscape around Wijk aan Zee some bunkers still remain of the Atlantic Wall , built by the German occupying forces between 1940 and 1944. These coastal defence works ( kustverdedigingswerken in Dutch) formed part of the so-called “Fortress IJmuiden,” ( Festung IJmuiden in German.) The purpose of

63-608: Is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands , in the province of North Holland . Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base . From here the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north. Before the year 1928, the official name of Den Helder

84-428: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wijk aan Zee Due to its seaside location, Wijk aan Zee has become a popular destination among tourists. This is reflected in the village economy, which consists of many bars and hotels. In 1999, Wijk aan Zee named itself "Cultural Village of Europe", recognizing the special nature of village life in general. This

105-660: The Dutch Golden Age , ships would be assembled near Den Helder and sail the world's oceans from there. On 23   January 1795, the French captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns in the town's deep-frozen harbour. In 1799 the city was the target of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland . During the 1820s, the North Holland Canal was dug from Amsterdam to Den Helder. The lighthouse Lange Jaap

126-579: The Dutch Navy Museum . The old naval dockyards of Willemsoord , located in the north of the city, now house restaurants, a cinema, and other recreational facilities. The naval docks and administration have been moved to a new location further east. The Fortifications of Den Helder , which protected the naval base and the entrance to the Noordhollandsch Kanaal significantly altered the landscape around Den Helder. A number of

147-575: The Fortress IJmuiden was to protect the port of IJmuiden and the nearby steelworks against attacks from the Allies. All of these defences were protected by a combination of mine fields, tank ditches, and dams, some of which ran kilometres deep inland. In November 1942 it was decided there would be a complete evacuation of the inhabitants of Wijk aan Zee to the inland country. Many inhabitants withdrew to Beverwijk and Velsen . On 12 August 1943

168-731: The Netherlands where these "Mammoths’ Teeth" stood: Den Helder , Oostkapelle , The Hague and Wijk aan Zee. In the summer of 1944, after the landings of the Allies , Velsen and some parts of Beverwijk were also evacuated. The occupants of Wijk aan Zee then had to move still further away from their village, generally to Haarlem or Amsterdam. After the liberation and as of 8 June 1945 the people could return to their mostly empty houses. The German troops that remained were kept by Allied soldiers and Dutch citizen soldiers as prisoners of war and were kept temporarily in still empty apartments. Before they would return to Germany, they were forced to clear

189-480: The Netherlands. The municipality of Den Helder consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Den Helder, Huisduinen , Julianadorp , and the hamlets Friese Buurt and De Kooy . The major areas of Den Helder are the Stad Binnen de Linie (a city within the city's defence line), Nieuw-Den Helder, and De Schooten. Nieuw-Den Helder was built in the 1950s, following World War II , when there

210-480: The citizen population had personally removed the mines earlier in that area to be able to enter for poaching purposes. When the village had been safely cleared, the German soldiers were sent back to Germany. The beach at Wijk Aan Zee was used in 1999 as the site for Aleksandra Mir 's performance First Woman on the Moon . Den Helder Den Helder ( Dutch pronunciation: [dɛn ˈɦɛldər] )

231-459: The dams and mine fields. The manner in which this happened was indeed cruel: the soldiers had to clear an area of mines completely by walking arm in arm in wide rows. Some German soldiers lost their lives in this clearing of mines. Some rural occupants didn't like the idea of de-mining being finished so quickly and so it could be that the German soldiers searched at least one area for mines where they knew for certain mines had indeed been laid. However,

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252-552: The occupants were permitted to return at their own risk, but on 15 October 1943 the village was once again evacuated. On the dunes behind Hotel de Wijk, a radar bunker was constructed by the Germans. This was aimed at intercepting enemy ships and planes. These radar screens had a height of twenty meters and for this reason had to be deeply set in the concrete of the bunker. These radar installations were called Mammoths‘ Teeth, ( Mammutstanden in Dutch). In total there were four places in

273-456: The old fortresses have now been repurposed for tourism and related industries and can be visited. The town is served by two railway stations: Den Helder can be reached by these main roads: These roads all have only two lanes. There is no highway leading to Den Helder. The municipal council of Den Helder consists of 31 seats, which are divided as follows as of the 2022 elections : The Frank Boeijen Groep song Haast (rust roest) contains

294-421: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wijk&oldid=542471170 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

315-567: The title of "Cultural Village of Europe". During the last years, the Cultural Village project led to an increasingly refined picture of what villages have to offer and how to offer it. Simultaneously, this brought about a social critique that is relevant to urban areas as well. It has attracted the attention of the Dutch government, who asked one of the initiators of the project to write an essay about how to 'build' villages. Recently,

336-416: Was Helder. The origin of the name Helder is not entirely clear. The name Helder may have come from Helle/Helde , which means "hill" or "hilly grounds", or from Helre , which means a sandy ridge. Another explanation is that the name derived from Helsdeur (Hell's Door), likely because in the water between Den Helder and Texel (called Marsdiep ) the current was so strong that many ships were lost. Huisduinen

357-545: Was a great need for additional housing. De Schooten was constructed in the 1960s. [REDACTED] Dutch Topographic map of Den Helder (town), March 2014. Den Helder was the site of a naval base as early as the 18th century. An Anglo-Russian invasion force landed at Den Helder in August 1799 and captured the Batavian navy there (see Battle of Castricum ). French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, visiting Den Helder in 1811,

378-604: Was built in 1877 and is the tallest cast-iron lighthouse in Europe, at 63.45 meters (208.2 ft). In the Second World War most of the city was evacuated and the old city center was destroyed. Den Helder is on the tip of a lowland peninsula jutting out into the North Sea Because of this, Den Helder's climate is heavily moderated by the maritime environment. Also, Den Helder is one of the sunniest cities in

399-474: Was impressed with the town's strategic location and ordered the construction of a fort (Kijkduin) and naval dockyards (Willemsoord). The docks were built during the years 1813–1827. In 1947, it officially became the Royal Netherlands Navy 's main centre of operations . Den Helder continues to be the navy's main base today. The Royal Netherlands Naval College is also located in the city, as is

420-406: Was the original older part of the city, whereas Helder itself was a nearby smaller hamlet. When a harbour was built near Helder the village began to grow and later became the seat of governance instead of Huisduinen. Due to its strategic location at the tip of the North Holland peninsula, multiple fortifications were built in the area. Den Helder has played an important part in Dutch shipping. During

441-623: Was three years after the Danish village of Tommerup had claimed such a title, but this time a large project was to ensue. Wijk aan Zee came together with villages from England , Estonia , France , Greece , Italy , Spain , Germany , Denmark , The Czech Republic and Hungary in an effort to determine the role and future of villages in Europe , but also to help each other find ways to cope with difficulties that come to small communities nowadays. Each year, another one of these villages would bear

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