Driebruggen Explained

Driebruggen
Settlement Type:Village
Native Name Lang:nl
Image Map1:Map NL - Reeuwijk - Driebruggen.png
Map Caption1:The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Driebruggen in the municipality of Reeuwijk.-->
Pushpin Map:Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Holland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:-1.7
Area Total Km2:6.38
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2,005
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3465
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0348
Coordinates:52.0433°N 4.7986°W

Driebruggen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda.

According to the 1615 map of Rijnland, there were indeed three bridge in Driebruggen.[3] Driebruggen is a road village without a church which developed in the 17th century near the bridge over the Dubbele Wiericke.[4]

Driebruggen was a separate municipality between 1964 and 1989. The name from this village means 3 bridges. It was created in a merger of Hekendorp, Lange Ruige Weide, Papekop, and Waarder.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 3465HA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . 24 July 2019 . Het Waterschapshuis . 2 May 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 2 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Driebruggen . Plaatsengids . 2 May 2022 . nl.
  4. News: Driebruggen . Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven . Waanders . Zwolle . 2004 . 90-400-9034-3 . nl . 2 May 2022.
  5. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Web site: KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina . 2009-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 . 2007-02-20 .