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Eemnes

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Country
  
Postcode
  
3755

Area
  
33.67 km²

Province
  
Area code
  
035

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.eemnes.nl

Elevation
  
1 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:01 PM

Eemnes

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 75% Humidity

Eemnes ( [eːmˈnɛs]) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.

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Map of Eemnes, Netherlands

The town of Eemnes

Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river Eem.

Eemnes-Buiten received city rights in 1345; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in 1439.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Eemnes, June 2015

Pools

Until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea, the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called "waaien" or "wielen". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them "geological monuments" in June 2005.

References

Eemnes Wikipedia


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