Marken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkə(n)]; Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,745 as of 2021,[1] and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist attraction.
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 Marken in 2015 | |
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  Marken Location in the Netherlands  Marken Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′30″N 5°6′24″E / 52.45833°N 5.10667°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province |  North Holland |
| Municipality | Waterland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −0.5 m (−1.6 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,745 |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1156[3] |
| Area code | 0299[4] |
History
editEarly years
editMarken was an island in the Zuiderzee.[5]
For some time during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, Marken and its inhabitants were the focus of considerable attention by folklorists, ethnographers and physical anthropologists, who regarded the small fishing town as a relic of the traditional native culture that was destined to disappear as modernization of the Netherlands gained pace.[6] Among them were Johann Friedrich Blumenbach who examined a human skull from the island which he called Batavus genuinus; and was the Belgian painter Xavier Mellery who stayed in Marken at the request of Charles De Coster. Mellery was asked to create illustrative work and delivered several intimist works.
Cornelis Lely's designs incorporated the island into a proposed Markerwaard. A partial dike, built in 1941 in the north, is the first phase of that project which was stopped by World War II.
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Girls in traditional costumes (circa 1900)
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Fisherman in traditional costume (circa 1900)
Recent times
editThe island appeared as a location in the 1970 film Puppet on a Chain. In 1983, the Marker Museum about the history of the island was opened.[7] Marken was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged into Waterland.[8]
Geography
editMarken is in the municipality of Waterland in the east of the province of North Holland in the west of the Netherlands. Marken is a peninsula in the Markermeer, of which is it is the namesake, and is connected to the mainland of North Holland by a causeway.
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Satellite image
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Street in 2009
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Wooden house
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Paard van Marken, the lighthouse
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Havenbuurt about 1970
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 1156AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ (in Dutch) Zoekresultaten, Postcode.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ (in Dutch) Netnummer zoeken, Telefoonboek.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ (in Dutch) Geschiedenis van Marken, Marker Museum. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ H.W. Roodenburg, "Marken als relict: het samengaan van schilderkunst, toerisme, volkskunde en fysische antropologie rond 1900". Volkskundig Bulletin 25.2/3 (1999), 197-214.
- ^ (in Dutch) Het Marker Museum, Marker Museum. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Marken at the website of the municipality of Waterland
Marken travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Tourist Information about Marken[permanent dead link]