Egmond-Binnen
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = Historic farm near Egmond-Binnen
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| image_shield = Egmond-Binnen en Egmond aan den Hoef wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_name1 = North Holland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Bergen
| elevation_m = 3.0
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| area_total_km2 = 10.52
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| population_total = 2,515
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Egmond-Binnen ({{IPA|nl|ˌɛxmɔndˈbɪnə(n)}}) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about {{convert|8|km}} southwest of Alkmaar.
History
The village was first mentioned in 922 as Ekmunde. The etymology is unknown.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/egmondbinnen |title=Egmond-Binnen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}} The missionary Adalbert of Egmond founded a chapel near Egmond-Binnen and died there around 740. In 922, the Benedictine Egmond Abbey was founded at the location and a settlement developed around it. The abbey was plundered and partially destroyed in 1573. The loot was used to finance the founding of Leiden University.
René Descartes lived in the village during the 1640s.
{{cite book
|last1 = Watson
|first1 = Richard
|author-link1 = Richard Watson (philosopher)
|year = 2007
|orig-date = 2002
|title = Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of René Descartes
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IRvIQkLFD60C
|edition = revised
|publication-place = Boston, Massachusetts
|publisher = David R. Godine Publisher
|page = 255
|isbn = 9781567923353
|access-date = 9 October 2023
|quote = By 15 November 1644, Descartes was back in Holland. [...] When Descartes arrived in the United Provinces, he went almost immediately to Egmond-binnen, just two miles south of his former residence in Egmond aan den Hoef, and Egmond-binnen was his permanent residence until he left for Sweden in September 1649.
}}
In 1789, the south tower collapsed, and the remainder was sold for demolition.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0063.php |title=Egmond-Binnen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=28 April 2022}}
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1836 at the former north tower of the abbey. Between 1914 and 1956, the church was built and a tower was added. In 1933, a new monastery was built in Egmond-Binnen and elevated to abbey in 1950.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/egmond-binnen |title=Egmond-Binnen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Egmond-Binnen was home to 915 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond aan Zee and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond. In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}
Gallery
File:Egmond-Binnen sociale huurwoningen.jpg|Houses in Egmond-Binnen
File:Egmond-Binnen Sint-Adelbertabdij.jpg|The new abbey
File:Heereweg, Egmond-Binnen, The Netherlands - panoramio.jpg|Flowers near Egmond-Binnen
References
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{{Dutch municipality Bergen, North Holland}}
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Category:Former municipalities of North Holland