Oostzaan
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Oostzaan | |
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| Street in Oostzaan Street in Oostzaan | |
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| Highlighted position of Oostzaan in a municipal map of North Holland Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°53′E / 52.433°N 4.883°ECoordinates: 52°26′N 4°53′E / 52.433°N 4.883°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Marvin Polak (Template:Polparty) |
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| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 1510–1511 |
| Area code | 075 |
| Website | www |
Oostzaan (nl) is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population in Error. Oostzaan has a total area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.
Oostzaan—together with Westzaan and Assendelft—are considered the "mother towns" of the Zaanstreek (the region around the River Zaan), of which they are the three oldest towns. Oostzaan also played a role in the VOC and WIC shipping and shipbuilding.
17th century Oostzaan was the home of the pirate Claes Compaen. Originally a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he soon began to act as a pirate, capturing several hundred ships.[5] A street in Oostzaan is named after him.
The town has a Reformed church with a cruciform groundplan, the Great Church (1760), which contains two ship models that recall the days when Oostzaan was an important sea-faring community. In the Oostzijderveld area of Oostzaan stands a windmill, De Windjager (The Wind Hunter).
Hamlets
[edit | edit source]Oostzaan consists of several hamlets,
- Achterdichting (Get Behind The Seal),
- De Heul,
- Kerkbuurt (church neighborhood),
- Noordeinde (North end),
- Zuideinde (South end).
Kerkbuurt and the northern part of Zuideinde are the center of Oostzaan.
Local government
[edit | edit source]The municipal council of Oostzaan consists of 13 seats, which at the 2022 municipal elections divided as follows:[6]
- VVD - 5 seats
- GroenLinks - 3 seats
- CDA - 2 seats
- PvdA - 2 seats
- D66 - 1 seat
Economy
[edit | edit source]The poultry company Meyn Food Processing Technology is headquartered in Oostzaan.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (before 1470 – 1533) a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and a painter
- Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (1587 in Oostzaan – 1660 in Oostzaan) a Dutch corsair, merchant, a privateer for the Dutch Republic and pirate
- Albert Heijn (1865 in Oostzaan – 1945) a Dutch entrepreneur who founded Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain
- Grietje de Jongh (1924 in Oostzaan – 2002) a Dutch sprinter, competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
- Robert Tijdeman (born 1943 in Oostzaan) a Dutch mathematician, specializing in number theory, wrote Tijdeman's theorem
- Trijnie Rep (born 1950 in Oostzaan) a Dutch former speed skater, who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Charles Zwolsman Sr. (1955 in Oostzaan – 2011) a Dutch drug dealer and professional racecar driver
- Rosemarijn Dral (born 1985 in Oostzaan) a Dutch politician, member of the Dutch House of Representatives since 2024
Gallery
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The town hall of Oostzaan
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Kerkbuurt 27, Oostzaan
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Mill Twiske at Oostzaan
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Zaanse schans straote
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Church in the center of Oostzaan
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Oostzaan. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 1511BD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ Bruyneel, M. (2005). "Privateers and Pirates: Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (1587-1660)". Isle of Tortuga. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ↑ "Oostzaan municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
External links
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Media related to Oostzaan at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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