Obdam

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Constituent country Netherlands Website www.obdam.nl Population 6,800 (2005) Province North Holland		Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 20.95 km² Local time Wednesday 2:45 AM Municipality Koggenland

Country Kingdom of the Netherlands Weather 3°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 87% Humidity

Obdam ( pronunciation ) is a former municipality and a town 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.

Map of Obdam, Netherlands

Population centres

The area of the former municipality of Obdam consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam, Wogmeer (partly).

Train services

These services currently (2014), depart for Hoorn, from platform 1, at xx.00 and xx.30 minutes past the hour. Travel time to Amsterdam is just 55 minutes.

Chronology

1503 - The van Duvenvoorde family becomes the Lordship 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 seabattle with the English while being the captain of a Dutch vessel.

1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the town's of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.

2007 - The Obdam municipal merges into municipal Koggenland

Local government

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

CDA - 5 seats

Gemeente Partij Obdam - 4 seats

PvdA - 2 seats

VVD - 2 seats

References

Obdam Wikipedia

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