Schalkwijk, Utrecht
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The statistical district of Schalkwijk had a population of about 1650 in 2004.[1]
History
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According to the 19th century historian A.J. van der Aa,[3] Schalkwijk was a heerlijkheid owned by the lords of Culemborg. In 1523, the dike of the Lek river at Schalkwijk broke, and the village was severely damaged by the flooding.[3]
When the current municipal system was introduced in the Netherlands in 1812, Schalkwijk and Tull en 't Waal merged to become a single municipality called Schalkwijk. In 1818, Tull en 't Waal became independent again, and Schalkwijk was a separate municipality until it merged with Houten on 1 January 1962.[4]
The municipality of Schalkwijk included the village of Schalkwijk itself and the surrounding former hamlets Rietveld, Blokhoven, and Pothuizen. Its area was Template:Cvt. Most of the inhabitants were Roman Catholic, and went to church in the St. Michael's Church in the village centre.[3]
When the railway line between Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch opened in 1868, a station was opened in Schalkwijk, but it was closed in 1935.[5]
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Born in Schalkwijk
- Ruud Kuijer (b. 1959), sculptor
References
- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Houten [1].
- ↑ J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Schalkwijk".
- ↑ a b c Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 10 (S), 1847.
- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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