Bakkum
Bakkum is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum and lies about 12 km southwest of Alkmaar. It has three satellites: the village of Bakkum-Noord, the hamlet Noord Bakkum and Bakkum aan Zee which is nowadays called Castricum aan Zee.
The village was first mentioned in the late-11th century as Bachem, and means "settlement on a height". Bakkum used to be a heerlijkheid. In 1749, it was sold to Nicolaas Geelvinck who was Lord of Castricum among others.
In 1812, Bakkum became a part of the municipality of Castricum. Some tourism developed in the early 20th century, but Bakkum never developed into a seaside resort town. After World War II, it started to form a single urban area with Castricum.
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House in Bakkum -
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Camp site in Bakkum (1972)
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 1901AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Bakkum". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Bakkum - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Bakkum" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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