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Beverwijk

Field	Value
name	Beverwijk
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Nzkanaal2.jpg
image_caption	Beverwijk as seen from the North Sea Canal
image_flag	Flag of Beverwijk.svg
flag_size	100x67px
image_shield	Beverwijk wapen.svg
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Map - NL - Municipality code 0375 (2009).svg
map_alt	Highlighted position of Beverwijk in a municipal map of North Holland
map_caption	Location in North Holland
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	North Holland
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Amsterdam metropolitan area
government_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.beverwijk.nl/internet/college-van-b-en-w_253/
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20120415103403/http://www.beverwijk.nl/internet/college-van-b-en-w_253/
url-status	dead
archive-date	15 April 2012
title	College van B en W
trans-title	Board of mayor and aldermen
language	nl
publisher	Gemeente Beverwijk
access-date	24 February 2014
governing_body	Municipal council
leader_party	PvdA
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Martijn Smit
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
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elevation_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
title	Postcodetool for 1948LC
language	nl
author
work	Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisher	Het Waterschapshuis
access-date	24 February 2014
archive-date	26 December 2018
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20181226043925/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A
url-status	dead
elevation_m	2
elevation_max_footnotes	tags --
elevation_min_footnotes	tags --
population_footnotes
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population_demonym	Beverwijker
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	1940–1949
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	251
website

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415103403/http://www.beverwijk.nl/internet/college-van-b-en-w_253/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 15 April 2012 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen |access-date = 24 February 2014 tags -- |access-date = 24 February 2014 |archive-date = 26 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226043925/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead Beverwijk () is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 km northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.

Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. That town would become the city of Albany, the state capital of New York.

Population centres

The municipality of Beverwijk consists of two cores, Beverwijk proper and Wijk aan Zee, 5 km to the west, right on the coast.

History

Engraving from 1601 by [[Jan Saenredam]] of a beached whale on the coast near Beverwijk

The name Beverwijk comes from Bedevaartswijk, meaning "pilgrimage neighbourhood". The town formed at the Saint Agatha Church which was a pilgrimage location in the Middle Ages. Allegedly Agatha of Sicily appeared there in the 9th century to a virgin from Velsen who was fleeing from the Count of Kennemerland.

In 1276, Beverwijk was granted market rights by Floris V, and in 1298 it was granted city rights by John I, both Counts of Holland.

During the 17th century, wealthy merchants from Amsterdam built their estates, such as Huize Akerendam, Huize Westerhout, and Huize Scheijbeeck, in the scenic dunes surrounding Beverwijk. Or they changed former strongholds in country retreats like Adrichem Castle.

Prior to the reclamation of the IJ Bay, the narrowest point in the North Holland peninsula was at Beverwijk. Therefore, a defensive line was built there in 1800 following the Battle of Castricum in 1799.

In 1944, during the Second World War, the Germans conducted a house-to-house raid in Beverwijk and Velsen-Noord, seizing nearly 500 persons as hostages to force the murderers of three collaborators to surrender themselves. In all, 63 of them never returned.

Around 1977, the first furniture stores opened along the Parallel Road, forming the first "furniture boulevard" in the Netherlands. By 1981, 10 businesses had been established there. South of the furniture boulevard, the Bazaar was introduced in 1980.

On March 23, 1997, Beverwijk was the location of a clash of two football firms. Supporters of the Dutch football team AFC Ajax met with Feyenoord supporters in what has come to be known as the "Battle of Beverwijk". During this incident, one Ajax supporter was beaten to death.

Since 1997, Special Needs Judo Foundation has organised its annual OBG (Open Beverwijk G-judo) tournament in Sporthal De Walvis, featuring over 1000 special needs judoka from all over the world. The tournament takes place every year in April.

Local government

The municipal council of Beverwijk consists of 27 seats, which are divided as follows:

Samen Beverwijk - 4 seats
VVD - 4 seats
D66 - 4 seats
Vrij Beverwijk - 3 seats
GroenLinks - 3 seats
PvdA - 2 seats
CDA - 2 seats
On's Beverwijk - 2 seats
Forum voor Democratie - 1 seat
Fractie Kocak - 1 seat
Motie Mendes - 1 seat

Notable residents

Gerard van Velsen (died 1296) Lord of Beverwijk, Noordwijk, and Velsen
Richard Aertsz (1482–1577) a Dutch Renaissance painter of historical allegories
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1500-1559) a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter
Thomas Wijck (1616-1677) a Dutch painter of port views and genre paintings
Rochus van Veen (1630–1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter
Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646–1718) Governor of Mauritius 1677 to 1692 and an ichthyologist
Wil Velders-Vlasblom (1930–2019) a politician and woman's rights activist, Mayor of Beverwijk 1986 to 1995
Albert Boer (1935–2002) the author of Kamp Schoorl
Henk Tijms (born 1944) a Dutch mathematician and academic
Jan Baas (born 1950) a Dutch politician, alderman of Beverwijk 1990 to 1996
Peter Pontiac (1951–2015) a Dutch cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator
Peter de Wit (born 1958) a Dutch comics artist and cartoonist
Astrid Joosten (born 1958) a Dutch TV personality and presenter
Ilse Huizinga (born 1966) a Dutch jazz singer
Willem de Rooij (born 1969) mixed media artist
Kim-Lian van der Meij (born 1980) a musical actress, presenter and singer-songwriter

Sport

Cor Tabak (1907–2001) a male weightlifter who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Ab Geldermans (born 1935) a former professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif
Ans Dekker (born 1955) a former artistic gymnast, competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics
Wouly de Bie (born 1958) a former water polo goalkeeper, participated in two Summer Olympics
Michel Doesburg (born 1968) a retired Dutch professional footballer with over 400 club caps
Dorus de Vries (born 1980) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 431 club caps
Laurien Hoos (born 1983) a Dutch heptathlete and hurdler, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Niki Terpstra (born 1984) a Dutch racing cyclist
Stefan Struve (born 1988), mixed martial artist
Paul de Lange (born 1981) a retired Dutch footballer with nearly 400 club caps
Arthur Numan (born 1969) a retired Dutch footballer with 436 club caps
Daphne van Domselaar (born 2000) Dutch female goalkeeper.

Transport

Beverwijk railway station

Gallery

File:Beverwijk, Grote Kerk foto1 2011-06-12 15.47.JPG|Beverwijk, church: de Grote Kerk File:Museumkennemerland.jpg|Museumkennemerland File:Inundatiekanaal van de Pijp naar de inundatiesluis in de Sint Aagtendijk - Beverwijk - 20340663 - RCE.jpg|Inundatiekanaal van de Pijp naar de inundatiesluis in de Sint Aagtendijk - Beverwijk File:Relweg 57, Wijk aan Zee 01.jpg|Relweg 57, Wijk aan Zee

References

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[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490319/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 January 2020
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357042/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 January 2020

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