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Bennebroek is the smallest municipality in Noordholland, with (1981) 5789
inhabitants on 175 hectares.
It was first mentioned in the 14th century, when it was marshland. It became a
separate municipality in 1653, when it got a CoA with a peacock, after the name
of the lord, Adriaan Pauw jr (pauw = peacock).
Bennebroek became very useful for Amsterdam: ships carried the Amsterdam clothes
("klerenbennen" = baskets with clothes) via the Leidschevaart, and
they were bleached in the dunes of Bennebroek. This was discontinued in the end
of the 18th century. The tavern "De Geleerde Man" (the Learned Man,
depicted as an old men with a ladder ("leer") on his shoulder) was
established in 1682, and it was used to resolve conflicts between Amsterdam (the
Dutch economic center) and The Hague (the bureaucratic center), as it was
halfway between both cities, something like a Dutch Īle des Phaisans.
The present CoA (see <http://www.ngw.nl/b/bennebro.htm>)
dates from 1816, but was in disuse in 1968. Since then it has been readopted,
and the new flag (see <nl-nh-bb.html> adopted ?) was "inspired"
by it.
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Jarig Bakker, 09 July 2001
International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
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