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]