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Wijdenes
Wijdenes
Village
	Coat of arms
	Wijdenes Location in the Netherlands Wijdenes Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
	Coordinates: 52°38′N 5°09′E / 52.633°N 5.150°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Drechterland
Area
• Total	10.20 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Elevation	−0.9 m (−3.0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,390
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1608
Dialing code	0229

Wijdenes (West Frisian: Venès) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Drechterland and the region of West-Frisia.

The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Widenesse, and means "wide headland".^[3] Wijdenes started as a peat excavation settlement in the 12th century.^[4] In 1282, a castle was built near the village by the count of Holland, but it was destroyed in 1296 by armies of West-Frisia.^[4]^[5]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1619 after the medieval church burnt down in 1616. The tower is from around 1500 and the balustrade and spire were added in 1839.^[4] The church is no longer in service, and is used as a recording studio and residential home.^[5]

Wijdenes was home to 347 people in 1840.^[5] It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1970, when it was merged with Venhuizen.^[6]

Notable residents

Tony Beets (1959), a gold prospector made famous on Gold Rush.^[7]^[8]

Gallery

Former town hall
Dutch Reformed church
House in Wijdenes
Farm in Wijdenes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 April 2022. Includes Drieban
^ "Postcodetool for 1608EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Wijdenes - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Wijdenes" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wijdenes". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "Gold Rush - S13 E103 Birth of a King - Discovery GO". Discovery Channel. 2022-10-21. It's probably safe to say Tony Beets is the most famous farmer to come out of the small village of Wijdenes, Netherlands
^ "Tony Beets - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2022-12-18. Birthplace: Wijdenes, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

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[stat-1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 April 2022. Includes Drieban

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 1608EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[3] "Wijdenes - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[monument-4] Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Wijdenes" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[plaats-5] "Wijdenes". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[6] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

[7] "Gold Rush - S13 E103 Birth of a King - Discovery GO". Discovery Channel. 2022-10-21. It's probably safe to say Tony Beets is the most famous farmer to come out of the small village of Wijdenes, Netherlands

[8] "Tony Beets - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2022-12-18. Birthplace: Wijdenes, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

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