Leimuiden
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = South Holland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Kaag en Braassem
| coordinates = {{Coord|52|13|N|4|40|E|display=inline, title|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 2451AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 4 May 2022 }}
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| area_total_km2 = 12.26
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| area_code = 0172
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Leimuiden is a Dutch village in the South Holland municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn.
History
The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Letthemutha, and means "mouth of the Leiden river".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/leimuiden |title=Leimuiden - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}} Leimuiden is a peat excavation settlement from the Middle Ages.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu10_01/sten009monu10_01_0087.php |title=Leimuiden |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2004 |isbn=90 400 9034 3 |language=nl |access-date=4 May 2022}}
The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built in 1805 as a replacement of the 1555 church. It was restored between 1963 and 1965, and a consistory was added.
Leimuiden was home to 551 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it became part of Jacobswoude. The village was part of North Holland until 1865.{{Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten}} The village was bombed on 2 August 1940 by the Royal Air Force, because the Germans had established a local headquarters in Leimuiden. In 2009, it became part of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/leimuiden |title=Leimuiden |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}}
The highest level surface of Leimuiden is located on provincial road N207, approximately level with NAP. The village "on the hill" (Noordeinde-Dokter Stapenséastraat-Burgemeester Bakhuizenlaan-Dorpsstraat) is approximately 0.5 meters below NAP. The depoldered areas are between 4.0 and 4.5 meters below NAP.
Gallery
Leimuiden, kerk2 2007-04-18 15.25.JPG|Leimuiden, church
Leimuiden, de Johannes de Doperkerk RM509921 foto7 2016-05-01 13.07.jpg|Leimuiden, church: de Johannes de Doperkerk
See also
- Meerewijck, a marina neighbourhood in Leimuiden
References
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{{Dutch municipality Kaag en Braassem}}
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Category:Populated places in South Holland