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10.122 inhabitants, 5273 hectares before the inclusion of Barsingerhorn in
1990. This municipality is in northern Noordholland, between Den Helder and
Wieringen and consists of a polder created in 1845-46, named after the daughter
of Czar Paul I of Russia, Anna Paulowna (1795-1865), married to
King Willem II of the Netherlands. It became an independent municipality in
1870. The first settlers came from Gelderland; in 1912 it appeared that the soil
was good for growing bulbs, after which people from the Westland (Zuidholland)
settled here. Bee-keepers and potatoes-growers joined the fun.
The flag of Anna-Paulowna has the squared CoA in the canton, with the Russian
eagle and the monogram AP in the canton (see <nl-nh-ap.html>.
The old colors were: yellow, blue, green and white.
Jarig Bakker, 21 June 2001
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Barsingerhorn is a former municipality in Noordholland, divided in 1990
between Anna Paulowna and Niedorp. In 1981 there were 3800 inhabitants on 3912
hectares. Administrative center: Barsingerhorn; other villages: Haringhuizen,
Kolhorn, Wieringerwaard. In 1830 Kolhorn and Haringhuizen were added to this
municipality. In 1970 the municipalities Wieringerwaard and Barsingerhorn were
joined to a single municipality Barsingerhorn. Barsingerhorn got city rights
from Count Willem VI of Holland (=Duke Wilhelm II of Bavaria) in 1415. Locally
they speak of "Barregorn" and about Kolhorn as "Klorn".
Kolhorn
used to be a fishing port on the Zuiderzee, hence the nickname "Rotte"
(rats) because of the rats in the fish-warehouses...
Sierksma's Nederlands vlaggenboek (1962) has the colors red, yellow, blue and
white for Barsingerhorn.
Jarig Bakker, 08 July 2001
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