Obdam
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Obdam (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a village and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Wester-Koggenland to form the new municipality of Koggenland.
Population centres
The area of the former municipality contains the following small towns and villages: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam and Wogmeer (partly).
Train services
Obden has a railway station. It has regular direct services to Hoorn and, by changing trains there, services to Amsterdam.[1]
Chronology
- 1503 - The van Duvenvoorde family become the Lords of the town.
- 1610 - Birth of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer.
- 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name and becomes Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer.
- 1665 - Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam dies during a sea battle with the English while the captain of a Dutch vessel.
- 1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the towns of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.
- 2007 - Obdam municipality merges into the new municipality of Koggenland.
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Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam by Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld
Local government
Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam, elected in 2002,[2] consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:[3]
References
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External links
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