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Oud Beijerland - Oude Raadhuis

City: The village of Beijerland, in the province of Zuid-Holland, was founded by Lamoral, Count of Egmond in 1559. His wife's name was Sabina van Beijeren (Sabina of Bavaria), hence the name of the village. Count Lamoral of Egmond acquired the area after the death of his brother Charles in 1541. He built dykes here in 1557. A few years after the founding of the village the polders were extended and to differentiate the old village from the new village the name was changed to Oud-Beijerland (Old Beijerland). The new village was called Nieuw-Beijerland (New Beijerland). It is worth mentioning that it was this Count of Egmond who was beheaded, together with the Count of Hoorne, in 1568 by the order of Philip II. The village lived for centuries by means of commerce, industry, agriculture and fisheries. 23,564 people live here today.

Building: Oude Raadhuis (Old Town Hall) - Waterstal 1 The old town hall was built in 1622. For many years of its existence it served as a building for the Court. The schout, a local official body appointed to carry out administrative, law enforcement and prosecutorial tasks, and vassals met here, the polder board also held their meetings here, it was the seat of the municipal administration and also local administration was carried out here. This was up until the seventies of the last century. Today the building serves as a place for the TOURIST OFFICE, the foundation Antiqua Soil Research (exhibition soil findings) and the Foundation of the "Old Town Hall" (changing exhibitions).

Object: In the old town hall (where one still can marry) there are various stained glass windows. In one of the images at the top is the Tetragrammaton. On the third band of images that we are showing there are more windows placed. On a plaque (last photo) more windows can be seen.

 

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