Editing Uithoorn

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| name                    = Uithoorn
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in Uithoorn
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| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.uithoorn.nl/Bestuur_en_organisatie/Burgemeester_en_wethouders/Burgemeester_D_H_Dagmar_Oudshoorn_Tinga
 |title = Burgemeester D.H. (Dagmar) Oudshoorn-Tinga
 |trans-title = Mayor D.H. (Dagmar) Oudshoorn-Tinga
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Uithoorn
 |access-date = 22 March 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Pieter Heiliegers]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Uithoorn}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Uithoorn}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 1423AJ
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 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 22 March 2014}}</ref>
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| population_demonym      = Uithoornaar
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1420–1424
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0297
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.uithoorn.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Uithoorn''' ({{IPA|nl|œytˈɦoːr(ə)n|-|Nl-Uithoorn.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]].

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Uithoorn includes the town of Uithoorn and the village of [[De Kwakel]].

[[File:Gem-Uithoorn-OpenTopo.jpg|460px]]<br/>''Map of the municipality of Uithoorn, June 2015''

== History ==
The name ''De Uithoorn'' (or ''De Uythoorn'') was used at the end of the Middle Ages for the location of the lower courts of the deanery of Saint John. The village formed around its courthouse.

People depended on agriculture and animal husbandry. Agriculture became increasingly more difficult due to the steady soil [[subsidence]]. From c. 1600 on, [[peat]] extraction became important and resulted in the formation of large ponds, which in turn would be made into polders later on.

During the [[Franco-Dutch War]] in the [[rampjaar|"disaster year" of 1672]], Uithoorn was on the front lines and fortifications were built.

During the [[Batavian Republic]] period, the neighbouring village of [[Thamen]] was merged with Uithoorn. Its economy was limited, but improved in the middle of the 19th century when some industries (including chemical) were established in the area. The reclamation of a few large ponds provided extra agricultural land at the end of the same century.

A sulphuric acid plant was established on the banks of the [[Amstel]] in 1863, it closed in the early 1900s; in 1922 the site was used for a [[coal tar]] processor, ''[[Teerbedrijf Uithoorn]]'', later known as [[Cindu Chemicals]]. A subsidiary company [[Nevcin Polymers]] also operated on the site: both companies were major employers in the town, and also polluters of the air and water bodies. In 1992 a reactor at the Nevcin site exploded, causing three deaths and several injuries. As of 2012 both plants remain in operation.
 
In circa 1885, several fortifications were built around Uithoorn as part of the [[Stelling van Amsterdam]].

In 1915, the Bovenkerk – Uithoorn line of the former [[Haarlemmermeer railway lines]] reached Uithoorn, near the village centre on the Amstel. Passenger service would end in 1950 and freight service in 1972. Most of the line was scrapped by 1987. The former Uithoorn railway station still stands.<ref name="MVV-B-U" /><ref name="EMA-Spoorlijn" /><ref name="Nieuws-2021-02-25" /> Later a busway would be built on part of the abandoned right-of-way. Tram line 25 (dubbed the [[Amsteltram]]) would be extended along the right-of-way opening in 2024.<ref name="MVV-B-U" /><ref name="Uithoornlijn" />

After World War II, Uithoorn developed quickly: in 1948 the Thamerdal neighbourhood was built, followed by Zijdelwaard in 1960, Legmeer in 1972, Meerwijk-West and Meerwijk-Oost from 1985 on. In 1991 a new shopping centre was built in the town centre, at the expense of many original buildings.

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Uithoorn consists of 23 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal election]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Uithoorn municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731092|access-date=24 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Gemeentebelangen - 8 seats
* {{ill|DUS!|nl|Duurzaam Solidair}} ([[GroenLinks]]–[[Democrats 66|D66]]) - 6 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 4 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 2 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 2 seats
* Groen Uithoorn - 1 seat
}}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Angela Schijf,.JPG|160px|thumb|Angela Schijf, 2012]]
* [[Maarten van 't Kruijs]] (1813–1885) a Dutch chess player and organist
* [[Johannes Voorhout]] (1647–1717) a [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter
* [[Piet Steenkamp]] (1925–2016) a Dutch politician
* [[Hans Koeleman]] (born 1957) a retired Dutch middle- and long-distance runner, competed in the steeplechase at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ruud Koopmans]] (born 1961) is a Dutch sociologist and academic
* [[Angela Schijf]] (born 1979) a Dutch actress<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771551/  IMDb Database] retrieved 26 January 2020 </ref>
* [[Lars Veldwijk]] (born 1991) a Dutch-born South African professional footballer with over 200 club caps

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Uithoorn town hall.jpg|Uithoorn town hall
File:Station Uithoorn - panoramio - Rokus C.jpg|Former Uithoorn railway station
File:Uithoorn kunstwerk pionnen.jpg|Amstelplein artwork, Uithoorn
File:Fort aan de Drecht - panoramio (3).jpg|Fort aan de Drecht
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MVV-B-U">{{cite web |url=https://www.martijnvanvulpen.nl/website/spoorgeschiedenis/lokaalspoorwegen/hollandsche-electrische-spoorweg-maatschappij/spoorlijn-bovenkerk-uithoorn/#:~:text=De%20treindienst%20tussen%20(Amsterdam%20%2D),nog%20tot%201950%20reizigerstreinen%20rijden. |title=Bovenkerk{{Snd}}Uithoorn |publisher=Martijn van Vulpen |accessdate=2024-07-22 |language=nl  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302001607/https://www.martijnvanvulpen.nl/website/spoorgeschiedenis/lokaalspoorwegen/hollandsche-electrische-spoorweg-maatschappij/spoorlijn-bovenkerk-uithoorn/ | archive-date=2024-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="EMA-Spoorlijn">{{cite web |url=https://www.museumtramlijn.org/historie/spoorlijn/ |title=De Spoorlijn |website=Elictrische Museumtramlijn Amsterdam |accessdate=2024-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304220534/https://www.museumtramlijn.org/historie/spoorlijn/ | archive-date=2024-03-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Nieuws-2021-02-25">{{cite web |url=https://uithoornlijn.nl/nieuws/2021/uit-de-oude-doos-stoomtrein-op-de-spoordijk/ |title=Uit de oude doos: stoomtrein op de spoordijk |date=25 February 2021 |website=Uithoornlijn |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303004821/https://uithoornlijn.nl/nieuws/2021/uit-de-oude-doos-stoomtrein-op-de-spoordijk/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 |language=Dutch }}</ref> 

<ref name="Uithoornlijn">{{cite web |url=https://uithoornlijn.nl/project/ |title=Uithoornlijn |date=20 July 2020 |website=Amstelveenlijn |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>

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== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Uithoorn}}
*[http://www.uithoorn.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Uithoorn
 | North     = [[Amstelveen]]
 | East      = [[De Ronde Venen]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
 | South     = [[Nieuwkoop]] ([[South Holland|ZH]])
 | Southwest = [[Kaag en Braassem]] ([[South Holland|ZH]])
 | West      = [[Aalsmeer]]
}}
{{North Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]