Editing Oegstgeest

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Oegstgeest
| settlement_type         = [[Town]] / [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Oudenhofmolen Oegstgeest 04.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Wind mill Oudenhofmolen in Oegstgeest
| image_flag              = Oegstgeest Netherlands flag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Oegstgeest.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0579 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Oegstgeest in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|11|N|4|28|E|region:NL-ZH|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.oegstgeest.nl/bestuur_en_organisatie/college_van_burgemeester_en_wethouders
 |title = College van burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Oegstgeest
 |access-date = 17 August 2013
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130830152249/http://www.oegstgeest.nl/bestuur_en_organisatie/college_van_burgemeester_en_wethouders
 |archive-date = 30 August 2013
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Emile Jaensch]] (VVD)
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Oegstgeest}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Oegstgeest}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Oegstgeest}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2342AN
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 17 August 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Oegstgeest}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Oegstgeest}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Oegstgeestenaar
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2340–2343
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 071
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.oegstgeest.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Oegstgeest''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌuxstˈxeːst|-|Nl-Oegstgeest.ogg}}) is a town and municipality in the province of [[South Holland]] in the western [[Netherlands]]. Its population was {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Oegstgeest}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

== Etymology ==

The portion ''geest'' in the name refers to the [[Geest|geest lands]], which were excavated in the seventeenth century for the benefit of the urban expansion of [[Leiden]].

There exists more uncertainty about the 'Oegst' part. There are various stories. The name was formerly often spelled '''Oestgeest''' or '''Oostgeest''', which could indicate the geographical location of the village: east of the geest lands. However, the oldest spelling found in a copy of a list of goods of the [[St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht|St. Martin's Cathedral]] in [[Utrecht]] from the tenth century states '''Osgeresgeest'''. This could indicate an original resident and owner of the territory: Osger.

In the [[Middle Ages]] they also spoke of the Church of '''Kerckwerve''' if one referred to the Oegstgeester parish church (now the Green Church).

==History==

Oegstgeest is one of the earliest inhabited places along the coast. Evidence of a [[Batavians|Batavian]] settlement from the second century was found in 1946 in an extension of a coastal dune in the Elgeesterpolder, although it is not certain whether this location remained permanently inhabited in the centuries after that.

By the 9th century, there was already a little church in the same location as the current Little Green Church (''Groen Kerkje'') which, according to legend, was dedicated by [[Willibrord]]. The existence of this church is an indication that there may have been a community there.

From the 11th to the 14th century, Oegstgeest enjoyed a period of progress. This ended when [[Leiden]] was granted city rights. The carrying out of trades and construction were no longer permitted within a certain distance from the city. In 1399, the [[heerlijkheid]] of Oegstgeest and that of [[Oud Poelgeest|Poelgeest]] were merged because their declining populations could no longer afford to pay the required taxes to the Count of Holland.

[[Image:Oegstgeest 1867.png|thumb|200px|left|Oegstgeest in 1867]]
[[Image:Oud Poelgeest Oegstgeest.jpg|thumb|275px|Oud Poelgeest]]
Until the 19th century the boundary of Oegstgeest extended right to the [[city wall]]s and moats of Leiden. But in the 19th and 20th century, it conceded more and more of its territory to the rapidly expanding city of Leiden.

Before the early 20th century, Oegstgeest had a rural character and did not have a centre of population. It consisted of several unconnected smaller settlements. Only after 1900 were new neighbourhoods built between the settlements. First Wilhelminapark was built, followed by Prins Hendrikpark (circa 1915), Buitenlust or Indische Buurt (1925), Julianapark, Oranjepark, and Emmapark (1920-1950), and Grunerie and the area between Emmalaan and Lange Voort (1950s). In the 1980s and 1990s, the Haaswijk and Morsebel neighbourhoods were built, followed by Poelgeest in the 2000s. In 2006 construction started on a new neighbourhood, Nieuw Rhijngeest.

[[File:Gem-Oegstgeest-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oegstgeest, June 2015]]
== Geography ==
The municipality of Oegstgeest covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Oegstgeest}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Oegstgeest}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. Oegstgeest lies just to the north of [[Leiden]], with which it is conjoined in a [[conurbation]] and formed the Leiden region. Oegstgeest is a separate municipality, but it is effectively a suburb of Leiden. The municipality of [[Katwijk]] is to the west, the municipality of [[Teylingen]] to the north, the Kaag Lakes ([[Kagerplassen]]) to the northeast and [[Leiderdorp]] to the east.

== Sports ==
Oegstgeest has 2 football clubs: FC Oegstgeest and [[Ajax Sportsman Combinatie|ASC]]. At the latter cricket is also played. FIKS is the local [[korfball]] team. At LOHC hockey is played and the neighbouring OLTC (founded 1886) is the tennis club of the municipality. Oegstgeest has one [[volleyball]] club called VCO.

== Notable people ==
[[File:Johan Ferrier 1975.jpg|140px|thumb|Johan Ferrier, 1975]]
* [[Gustaaf Schlegel]] (1840 in Oegstgeest – 1903) a Dutch [[sinologist]] and field naturalist
* [[Jan van Gilse]] (1881-1944 in Oegstgeest) a Dutch composer and conductor
* [[Carel Polak]] (1909–1981 in Oegstgeest) a Dutch politician and jurist
* [[Johan Ferrier]] (1910–2010 in Oegstgeest) a Surinamese politician, the first [[President of Suriname]] 1975 to 1980
* [[Kees Bol]] (1916 in Oegstgeest – 2009) a Dutch painter and art educator
* [[Edzo Toxopeus]] (1918 – 2009 in Oegstgeest) a Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist
* [[Dick Blok]] (1925 in Oegstgeest – 2019) a Dutch scholar of [[onomastics]]
* [[Jan Wolkers]] (1925 in Oegstgeest - 2007) a Dutch author, sculptor and painter
* [[Aad Kosto]] (born 1938 in Oegstgeest) a retired Dutch politician and jurist
* [[Ram Lakhina]] (born 1939) an Indian entrepreneur and community leader, lives in Oegstgeest
* [[Hans Blokland (politician)|Hans Blokland]] (born 1943 in Oegstgeest) a former Dutch politician and former [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
* [[Harold Goddijn]] (born 1960 in Oegstgeest) CEO of the Dutch electronics company [[TomTom]]
* [[Theo Maassen]] (born 1966 in Oegstgeest) a Dutch comedian and actor<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531027/  IMDb Database] retrieved 04 February 2020 </ref>
* [[Diederik Stapel]] (born 1966), professor known for fabricating research data<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/6769553/Changes_in_publication_culture_and_the_Stapel_fraud_case (PDF) Changes in publication culture and the Stapel fraud case | ruud abma - Academia.edu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[File:Smeets Jan.jpg|140px|thumb|Jan Smeets, 2005]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Boudewijn Binkhorst]] (born 1942 in Oegstgeest) a sailor, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Freek van de Graaff]] (1944 in Oegstgeest – 2009) a Dutch rower, team bronze medallist at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jan Smeets]] (born 1985 in Oegstgeest) a Dutch chess grandmaster

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Klein Curium.jpg|Klein Curium
File:Oegstgeest - 2010 - panoramio (1).jpg|Oegstgeest
File:Torenvelt.jpg|Torenvelt
File:Hoofdgebouw Rhijngeest.JPG|Hoofdgebouw Rhijngeest
File:Hol Maren 1.jpg|alt=A red brick house with several windows is behind green trees.|[[Hol Maren]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
*{{Official website|http://www.oegstgeest.nl }} {{in lang|nl}}

<!--Please note that not all directions need to be filled-->
<!--Please note that preferably only neighboring municipalities or bodies of water should be used-->
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Oegstgeest
|North     = 
|Northeast = [[Teylingen]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Leiden]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Katwijk]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{South Holland Province}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Oegstgeest| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]