Hoogkarspel

Hoogkarspel
The skyline of Hoogkarspel, with the characteristic Hoogkarspel Water Tower.
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Hoogkarspel Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Hoogkarspel Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands Show map of North Holland
Coordinates: 52°41′41″N5°10′40″E / 52.69472°N 5.17778°E / 52.69472; 5.17778
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Drechterland
Area [1]
• Total	8.89 km2 (3.43 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	−0.6 m (−2.0 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	8,270
• Density	930/km2 (2,410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1616 [1]
Dialing code	0228

Hoogkarspel (West Frisian: Hougkarspel) is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name derives from the words hoog (Dutch for "high") and kerspel , a Middle Dutch word for parish.

Hoogkarspel was a separate municipality until 1979, when it was merged into the new municipality of Bangert, which has been renamed to Drechterland in 1980. ^[3]

Transportation

There is a railway station, Hoogkarspel, with half-hourly connections to Hoorn, Amsterdam and Enkhuizen.

Archeology

The so-called Hoogkarspel culture is an important part of the Elp culture, a culture of the Bronze Age dating from approx. 1800-800 BC. In the 1960s remains were found of a tumulus behind the Hoogkarspel water tower, and remains of an agricultural settlement were discovered in the 1970s, dating from 1000 BC. Two periods are identified, Hoogkarspel-I (1400-1100 cal BC) and Hoogkarspel-II (800-400 cal BC). ^[4] Earthenware found in the area is divided into old and young, following the influential publication by R. W. Brandt in 1988. ^[5]

South-west of the former "Medemblikker Tolhuis" (Medemblik tollbooth) remains of a mound from the late Bronze Age were found. The Medemblik tollbooth was a tollbooth next to a well maintained road to the city Medemblik, and this road still exists.

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 1616AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
3. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.
4. Theunissen, Liesebeth (2008). Midden-bronstijdsamenlevingen in Het Zuiden Van De Lage Landen: Een Evaluatie Van Het Begrip Hilversum-cultuur. Sidestone Press. pp. 128–30. ISBN   9789088900174.
5. Bloo, S. B. C. (2012-06-01). "Middenbronstijd B-aardewerk: Een pot, twee culturen? Een kleine vergelijking tussen het Hoogkarspel-oud aardewerk en het middenbronstijd B-aardewerk van de Hilversumcultuur". In N. L. Jaspers (ed.). Van Graven in De Prehistorie En Dingen Die Voorbijgaan: Studies Aangeboden Aan Eric Lohof Bij Zijn Pensionering in De Archeologie. Sidestone Press. pp. 246–52. ISBN   9789088900808.