Baarsdorpermeer Explained

Baarsdorpermeer
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Coordinates:52.6667°N 5°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Koggenland
Subdivision Type3:Village
Subdivision Name3:Zuidermeer
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:-3.3
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:125
Population As Of:2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:1652
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0229

Baarsdorpermeer is a hamlet and polder in the municipality of Koggenland in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

The hamlet is named after the water, which itself would have been named after an older place called Baarsdorp, which was first attested in 1345 as Barsdorp. This would probably have been a compound of the Middle Dutch Baer (a personal name) and dorp ('village'). The current place was mentioned in 1745 as Baersdorpermeer, which itself is a compound of Baersdorp and meer ('lake').[3]

The hamlet formally falls under the village of Zuidermeer. The place is located in the extension of that village and continues to . It is located in the Baarsdorpmeerpolder and just west of the city of Hoorn. Until 1 January 1979 Baarsdorpermeer fell under the city and municipality of Berkhout. From 1979 to 2007 it belonged to the municipality of Wester-Koggenland, into which the municipality of Berkhout was merged.

Baarsdorpermeer falls almost entirely within the village area of Zuidermeer. Until the 1980s, that was a quarter of the place. This is also where most of the houses are found. As one travels further from the village centre, one also encounters more agricultural habitation. Baarsdorpermeer has one side road, which also dead ends at an agricultural company.

The water of De Kromme Leek starts at Baarsdorpermeer and continues to Medemblik. This water was an important drainage water before the exploitation of the peat area from the early Middle Ages and also after the exploitation. At the area border with Lekermeer and Wognum, the area still has the old typical type of local allotment. Further on, the winding course has been preserved as much as possible during the centuries-later land consolidation.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 1652CW . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . 24 July 2019 . Het Waterschapshuis . 9 September 2023.
  2. >Web site: Statistieken buurt Baarsdorpermeer . 2023 . Alle Cijfers . nl . 9 September 2023.
  3. Book: Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard . 51 . Van Berkel . Gerald . Samplonius . Kees . Mijnbestseller.nl . 2018 . 9789463679176 . nl.