's-Graveland

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's-Graveland
Village
Coat of arms
The statistical district of 's-Graveland in the municipality of Wijdemeren.
Coordinates: 52°14′39″N 5°7′16″E / 52.24417°N 5.12111°E / 52.24417; 5.12111Coordinates: 52°14′39″N 5°7′16″E / 52.24417°N 5.12111°E / 52.24417; 5.12111
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Wijdemeren
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	1,250
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

's-Graveland is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 4 km northwest of Hilversum. The former municipality of 's-Graveland merged with Loosdrecht and Nederhorst den Berg on 1 January 2002 to form the new municipality Wijdemeren.

The statistical district "'s-Graveland", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1180.^[2]

Estates[]

Since the seventeenth century,'s-Graveland was a popular location for wealthy families from Amsterdam, who bought, built or inherited villas and estates there, like:

• Bantam,
• Boekesteyn,
• Gooilust,
• Hilverbeek aan de Leeuwenlaan,
• Land en Bosch,
• Schaep en Burgh,
• Schoonoord,
• Spanderswoud,
• Sperwershof,
• Spiegelrust,
• Swaenenburgh,
• Trompenburgh, built by Cornelis Tromp, in loan by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

The 's-Gravelandsevaart or 's-Gravelands canal ('vaart' is a passage for boats, 'varen' means to sail in Dutch), where most of the homes were built, used to be a major connection between Amsterdam and Hilversum. Transport per ship was often preferred over carriage, because the roads were not paved.

In the year 1672 the French caused a lot of damage, destroying homes and killing inhabitants. In 1673 the French abandoned the area again, and many homes were rebuilt, new gardens were added in French fashion.

Notable people[]

• Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012), Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and or,
• Tjalling Koopmans (1910-1985), Dutch American mathematician and economist and winner of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,

References[]

External links[]

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "'s-Graveland". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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