Editing Egmond-Binnen (section)

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 922 as Ekmunde. The etymology is unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/egmondbinnen |title=Egmond-Binnen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The missionary [[Adalbert of Egmond]] founded a chapel near Egmond-Binnen and died there around 740. In 922, the [[Benedictine]] [[Egmond Abbey]] was founded at the location and a settlement developed around it. The abbey was plundered and partially destroyed in 1573.<ref name="monument"/> The loot was used to finance the founding of [[Leiden University]].<ref name="plaats"/>

[[René Descartes]] lived in the village during the 1640s.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Watson
 |first1               = Richard
 |author-link1         = Richard Watson (philosopher)
 |year                 = 2007
 |orig-date            = 2002
 |title                = Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of René Descartes
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=IRvIQkLFD60C
 |edition              = revised
 |publication-place    = Boston, Massachusetts
 |publisher            = David R. Godine Publisher
 |page                 = 255
 |isbn                 = 9781567923353
 |access-date          = 9 October 2023
 |quote                = By 15 November 1644, Descartes was back in Holland. [...] When Descartes arrived in the United Provinces, he went almost immediately to Egmond-binnen, just two miles south of his former residence in Egmond aan den Hoef, and Egmond-binnen was his permanent residence until he left for Sweden in September 1649.
}} 
</ref>

In 1789, the south tower collapsed, and the remainder was sold for demolition.<ref name="monument">{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0063.php |title=Egmond-Binnen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1836 at the former north tower of the abbey. Between 1914 and 1956, the church was built and a tower was added. In 1933, a new monastery was built in Egmond-Binnen and elevated to abbey in 1950.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/egmond-binnen |title=Egmond-Binnen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Egmond-Binnen was home to 915 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with [[Egmond aan Zee]] and [[Egmond aan den Hoef]] to form the new municipality [[Egmond (municipality)|Egmond]]. In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}</ref>