Katwijk

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Introduction

The history

The street names

The council

Ode to the Rhine

Informatie over Katwijk

Information about Katwijk

Index

v Brief sketch of Katwijk

v The coat of arms of Katwijk

v Surinamese Katwijk

v Internal links

v Some external links

v All Katwijk links

Brief sketch of Katwijk top

Oude Kerk [Old Church] on the boulevard in Katwijk aan Zee This page is dedicated to the village Katwijk. There are several places with this name, namely:

1. the hamlet Katwijk (also: Katwijk aan de Maas) in the Dutch province Noord-Brabant (part of the village Cuijk);

2. Katwijk in Surinam (in the district Commewijne);

3. Katwijk (also: Katwijk en Keulen) in the village Pijnacker; and

4. Katwijk in the Dutch province Zuid-Holland.

This web page is about the latter one. This village emerged January 1^st 2006 from the former towns Katwijk (about 41.000 inhabitants) Rijnsburg (about 14.000 inhabitants) and Valkenburg (about 3.500 inhabitants).

The former town Katwijk existed of the parts Katwijk aan Zee [Katwijk at Sea] with about 35.000 inhabitants and Katwijk aan den Rijn [Katwijk at the Rhine] (also called: Katwijk-Binnen [Inner-Katwijk]) with about 6.000 inhabitants. Both parts were grown together, so actually the borderline was not visible any more. In former days however they were two apart villages, separated from each other by a toll road. Likewise the character of the towns was different: Katwijk aan Zee was traditionally a fishing village with an unmistakably Calvinist character, whilst Katwijk aan den Rijn was traditionally an agricultural village, with besides Protestants also some Roman-Catholics. Moreover, both parts have their own dialect. When talking about the “Katwijks”, generally one has in mind the dialect of Katwijk aan Zee (the “Kattuks”, see Johan Winkler: Algemeen Nederduitsch en Friesch Dialecticon and www.katwijkswoordenboek.nl).

In June 2002 the decision was taken to merge Katwijk on January 1^st 2006 with the two neighbouring villages Rijnsburg and Valkenburg. The new municipality Katwijk consists of four parts, namely Katwijk aan Zee (19.960 inhabitants), Katwijk aan den Rijn (5.890 inhabitants), Rijnsburg (14.350 inhabitants) en Valkenburg (3.570 inhabitants), while furthermore there is a fifth quarter, namely Hoornes-Rijnsoever (13.845 inhabitants); Hoornes and Rijnsoever were until the merge new housing developments in the North of Katwijk aan Zee.

The coat of arms of Katwijk top

The coat of arms of Katwijk is represented here. This coat of arms was established by King William I by virtue of a “Koninklijk Besluit” (Royal Decision) of February 20^th 1816 and was confirmed by the “Hoge Raad van Adel” (High Court of Peerage) with a decision of December 24^th 1817.

Its description is: “Being of silver loaded with a sautoir of azure.” A sautoir is a Saint-Andrew-cross.

Saint Andrew or Andreas is the patron saint of the fishermen. The apostle Andrew was a brother of the well-known apostle Peter. Both brothers were fishers. Andrew would have suffered martyrdom about the year 62 AD at Patras (Greece) in that he was nailed to a lying cross. To him the “Oude Kerk” (Old Church) at Katwijk aan Zee was Vlag van de gemeente Katwijk consecrated before the Reformation. The name of the Katwijk school centre “Andreas College” reminds of this Katwijk patron saint.

The city of Amsterdam has a connection with Saint Andrew as well; its coat of arms with the three little crosses is well-known.

After the merge with the villages Rijnsburg and Valkenburg the High Court of Peerage has advised to maintain the coat of arms of Katwijk for the new municipality.

In the council meeting of September 24^th 1970 the town council of Katwijk decided to establish a town flag for Katwijk with the following description: “white with a blue slanting cross, of which the height of the arms makes one fifth of the height of the flag”.

For a matter of fact the Scottish flag bears a Saint-Andrew-cross too (Andrew is since about the year 750 the patron saint of Scotland); only the colours on the Scottish flag are precisely opposite to these of the Katwijk flag, namely a white cross on a blue background.

Surinamese Katwijk top

Also in Surinam, in the district Commewijne, is a place with the name Katwijk. It is a former plantation along the Commewijne-river. Kaart van Suriname Commewijne is one of the ten districts of Surinam; its capital is Nieuw-Amsterdam. The district is as for surface many times larger than the Zuid-Holland Katwijk, but it counts only half the number of inhabitants (20.000).

In de times of slavery coffee and cocoa was grown in Katwijk.

After the abolition of slavery (on July 1^st 1863) workers were recruited from different countries, who as labourers came to work in Surinam. They were mainly Javaneses from the former Dutch Indies en Hindustans from India. The Hindustans were recruited by the Dutch in cooperation with the British from different parts of India and subsequently shipped to British Guyana (since 1966: Guyana), Trinidad, Barbados, Kaart van het Surinaamse district Commewijne Surinam, French Guyana en other parts of South and Central America. The new workers were often treated cruelly.

At present, because of the economic crisis, only citrus fruits, rice and other agricultural produces are grown in Katwijk. Furthermore there is cattle breeding and a little fishing. The plantation is private property. There live about 35 families, namely Hindustans, Javaneses and some Guyans. Unlike the inhabitants of the Zuid-Holland Katwijk they are very poor. They live in camps or huts. The average income per month is (converted) not even twenty five euro.

Katwijk is situated between the plantations Montresor and Weltevreden. Weltevreden is taken in possession by soldiers. Common civilians do not have entrance to it. There are said to be laboratories because of cocaine-activities.

Sources. The above-mentioned information about Surinamese Katwijk comes from mr. Henk Sardjoe. The maps come from maps.expedia.com.

References. Geographical and meteorological information about Surinamese Katwijk are to be found on:

v Wikipedia: Katwijk, Surinam.

You may find more information about the district Commewijne at:

v Commewijne net.

Actual information about Surinam you will find at:

v www.suriname-network.com (among other things Surinam links)

v www.surinamenet.com (general information from Surinam)

v www.atv.sr (the website of the Surinam broadcasting corporation)

v www.dwtonline.com (De Ware Tijd, a Surinam newspaper)

Internal links top

Elsewhere at this website you may find the following information about Katwijk in Zuid-Holland.

v For the history of Katwijk, from the beginning of the era until present, you can read the page The history of Katwijk.

v Mr. Nico van Dijk has also made a survey of The history of Katwijk (and the Rhine mouth), which he willingly put at my disposal.

v On the page The Katwijk street names you will find a list of the Katwijk street names with for each street name a clarification of the origin or the meaning of the name.

v On the page The Katwijk council is a survey of the distribution of seats in the town council of Katwijk from 1970 until present.

v A frequently occurring surname in Katwijk is Van Duijvenbode. About the origin of this surname you can read on the page Origin of the family name Van Duijvenbode.

v On the page Ode to the Rhine is the famous poem with the same name of the poet Elias Anne Borger.

Some external links top

v You will find interesting information about Katwijk on the page www.allesoverkatwijk.nl. Here are, together with many useful links, among others aerial photograph’s of Katwijk, Katwijk expressions and Katwijk nicknames.

v The official website of the municipality Katwijk is www.katwijk.nl.

v www.katwijk.com is a nice looking website with Katwijk links.

v Local news can be read in www.leidschdagblad.nl.

v Information about the local broadcasting organization is on www.vlok.net.

v An interesting website with pictures from the Katwijk history is the site of the Katwijks Museum. About the history of the namesake in Noord-Brabant you can read on Summary of the Cuijk history.

v Links from the region are to be found on 071.pagina.nl.

All Katwijk links top

Introduction. Many Katwijk links can be found below. “All” is not quite true yet, but can become true when you cooperate. Namely, you will find beneath lists with links, to which you can easily add links by yourself. When you do not know a link, of course you can also use these lists by looking at the links and visiting them.

Procedure. When you know a link which is not listed yet, please click on the button Add Your Own Link (you will find this button below each list) and type in the window that appears the name of the website and its complete address (with http:// before it). After that, the link will appear in the list.

Order. The links are listed in random order; you will see only the first ten immediately; the other ones can be seen after you clicked (below a list) on More Links.

Number of visits. Below the caption Hits you may see how often a link has been followed by the visitors of this website.

Lists. There are four different lists, namely:

1. Katwijk institutions (government bodies, non-profit-organizations, clubs and foundations and suchlike);

2. Katwijk companies (profit pursuing organizations);

3. Katwijk homepages (homepages of Katwijk inhabitants); and

4. Links about Katwijk (websites that do not belong to one of the other lists, but that do have a connection with Katwijk).

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