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Den Oever

Field	Value
name	Den Oever
settlement_type	Village
other_name
native_name
native_name_lang	nl
image_skyline	Haven Den Oever.jpg
image_caption	Harbour of Den Oever
image_map	LocatieWieringen.png
image_map1	Map NL - Wieringen - Den Oever.png
map_caption1	The town of Den Oever in the former municipality of Wieringen.
pushpin_map	Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	North Holland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Hollands Kroon
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1.6
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	5.50
population_footnotes
population_total	2230
population_as_of	2025
population_urban	2145
population_rural	85
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	1779
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	0227
coordinates

-- Den Oever (; in English, the shore, the coast) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, and lies about 18 km east of Den Helder.

Overview

The village was first mentioned in 1432 as "ten Oisterlande op 't Oever", and means "(on the sea) shore", because it was an access point to the former Zuiderzee. Den Oever was a fishing village which developed in the Late Middle Ages on the north-eastern edge of the former Wieringen island.

The village is located on the former island Wieringen at the west side of the Afsluitdijk: therefore the Stevin lock (named after mathematician and engineer Simon Stevin) and three series of five sluices for discharging the IJsselmeer into the Wadden Sea were constructed in Den Oever.

The eight-sided wooden grain smock mill "De Hoop" ("The Hope") is situated in the middle of the village with a wingspan of 17 m. It dates back into the 17th century (1654) and has been completely restored in the second half of the 20th century (1960, e.g. iron wingstocks, metal cap rolls for the wheeling or winding (cap rotating) mechanism from a Gelderland mill, new cast-iron windshaft etc.). Unusually, the mill has never had had a hoist mechanism.

The monument on the Afsluitdijk was built in 1933 on the location where the last hole was filled up on 28 May 1932. The monument was designed by Willem Marinus Dudok.

Gallery

File:Den Oever - molen De Hoop.jpg|"De Hoop" mill File:Zicht op Den Oever en Oosterland1.jpg|View on Den Oever File:Villa Nieuwland, rijksmonument in Den Oever.jpg|Villa Nieuwland File:1779 Den Oever, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg|Monument on the Afsluitdijk

References

(24 July 2019). "Postcodetool for 1779AA". Het Waterschapshuis.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025".
"Den Oever - (geografische naam)".
Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester. (2006). "Den Oever". Waanders.
[http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=650 Mill description in Dutch with images on www.molendatabase.nl]

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