Editing Heerjansdam

{{Short description|Town in South Holland, Netherlands}}
[[File:Heerjansdam Landzicht 3267.JPG|thumb|Heerjansdam]]
'''Heerjansdam''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦeːrjɑnzˈdɑm|-|Nl-Heerjansdam.ogg}}) is a village in the western [[Netherlands]], in the municipality of [[Zwijndrecht, Netherlands|Zwijndrecht]], [[South Holland]]. It has a population of 3,590.

==History==
[[Image:Heerjansdam 1867.png|thumb|right|250px|Heerjansdam in 1867.]]
It was originally called "''Heren Heyenland''", a name which first appeared in a document from 1323. In 1331, Hendrik of Brederode started to build dikes around the Zwijndrechtse Waard. This project was financed by eight other persons, including Jan of Rosendaele, who subsequently were made landlords of the Waard. On November 25, 1368, Jan of Rosendaele renamed it to Heerjansdam (Dutch for "Lord John's dam"), after the dam on the [[Waaltje]].

In 2003 the municipality of Heerjansdam merged into [[Zwijndrecht, Netherlands|Zwijndrecht]].<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 
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==Notable people born in Heerjansdam==
* [[Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland]] (born 1932), [[Queen's Commissioner]]
* [[Meindert Leerling]] (1936–2021), journalist and politician
* [[Johan Simons]] (born 1946), theater director

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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Zwijndrecht, Netherlands]]


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