Schagen

For the surname, see van Schagen.

City and municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

Schagen

City and municipality

Marina in Schagen

Flag

Coat of arms

Location in North Holland

Coordinates: 52°47′N 4°48′E﻿ / ﻿52.783°N 4.800°E﻿ / 52.783; 4.800
Country| Netherlands
Province| North Holland
Government

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• Body| Municipal council
• Mayor| Marjan van Kampen - Nouwen (CDA)
Area

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• Total| 187.28 km2 (72.31 sq mi)
• Land| 168.25 km2 (64.96 sq mi)
• Water| 19.03 km2 (7.35 sq mi)
Elevation

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| 0 m (0 ft)
Population

(January 2021)[4]

• Total| 46,532
• Density| 277/km2 (720/sq mi)
Demonym(s)| Schagenaar, Schager
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode|

1738–1759

Area code| 0224, 0226
Website| www.schagen.nl
Map of Schagen, June 2015

Schagen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxaːɣə(n)] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located between Alkmaar and Den Helder, in the region of West Friesland and the province of North Holland. It received city rights in 1415. In 2013, Schagen merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Zijpe and Harenkarspel, forming a new municipality, also called Schagen. The town hall is located in the main town of Schagen.

It had a population of 46,532 in 2021 and covers an area of 187.28 km2 (72.31 sq mi).

## History

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### 10th – 15th century

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Schagen has been mentioned in various texts from around 975. One was a population count that found that 43 people lived there. Schagen was also mentioned in documents as Scagha from around 989. At this time Schagen was a center of artificial dwelling hills. The name may refer to Scagha to its location above land water: it could mean "elevated point". Some time later, there was a coastline near Schagen. When the sea retreated again at the end of the 13th century the places in the region grew. The land around Schagen was especially fertile, so it grew and remained the main town in the area.

In 1415 William VI granted city rights to the town. In 1427 Philip the Good of Burgundy loaned Schagen to his uncle William of Bronckhorst, one of the seven illegitimate children of Albrecht of Bavaria, and Maria van Bronckhorst. Schagen became a fief with some regional rights in addition to its city rights, including some control over the small towns around Schagen. William ordered the castle in which he lived from 1440. In 1460 the church of Schagen, dedicated to St. Christopher, was consecrated. In 1463 Schagen received the right to hold a cattle market and it became a trading town for a wider region.

### 16th – 19th century

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From 1603 an annual horse market was held in Schagen, upon authorization by the States of Holland and Westfriesland.

At the beginning of the Golden Age Schagen underwent very little growth, unlike other cities in the region: Alkmaar, Enkhuizen, Medemblik, and Hoorn. Later in the Golden Age the city benefited from the increased prosperity, but never to the degree these other cities enjoyed. Even after the Golden Age growth was limited. Partly due to the reclamation of the surrounding area, Schagen could flourish economically again in the 19th century. In particular, the cattle market played an important role. When in 1865 the railroad between Alkmaar and Den Helder came into use, the market and home industries flourished. Schagen had about 2060 inhabitants at this time.

In 1894 Schagen was shocked by a double murder, when 17-year-old Klaas Boes murdered his 55-year-old neighbor and her 17-year-old niece.[5][6] The murder attracted wide national media attention and caused the murderer's mother to commit suicide.[7] Newly appointed mayor Simon Berman headed a committee that offered 750 guilders reward, donated by the residents, for information.[5][6][7][8][9][10] In 1895 Boes was sentenced to life imprisonment, later changed to 25 years. He was released from prison in 1922 and died in 1956. For years, "Klaas Boes" was used in the Netherlands for youngsters who were up to no good.

### 20th – 21st century

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During the 20th century prosperity decreased slowly. Especially after the Second World War there was a sharp decline in the agricultural sector. As Schagen did not only depend on agriculture, the decline was less than in surrounding rural communities. Around 1960 Schagen started to flourish again, though population was still below 5,000. The seventies saw a large boom for Schagen. In the early nineties, growth gradually diminished but Schagen remained relatively strong compared to neighboring municipalities.

The Ark van Johan interpretation of Noah's Ark in the town of Schagen.

From 2005 to 2007, Schagen resident Johan Huibers built a ship modeled after the biblical description of Noah's Ark in Schagen. Johan's Ark was opened to the public in April 2007 and later towed between various port cities in the Netherlands.

## Transportation

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Intercity trains stop at Schagen railway station, providing good connectivity with Den Helder to the North and Alkmaar and Amsterdam to the South. All south-bound trains pass through Amsterdam Centraal, and then continue through Utrecht Centraal either to Eindhoven and Maastricht or to Arnhem and Nijmegen. The journey time to Amsterdam is 51 minutes (Sloterdijk) or 57 minutes (Centraal.)

The railway station is Schagen's hub for local and regional bus services.

As of 2017[update], three of the five operational vlotbruggen ("float bridges") are in Schagen: at Burgervlotbrug, at Sint Maartensvlotbrug, and at 't Zand.

## Politics

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The municipal council of Schagen consists of 29 seats, which are divided as follows:

Municipal council seats[11][12][13]

Party | 2012 | 2018 | 2022
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) | 9  | 10  | 7
JESS Lokaal

(until 2020: JESS, until 2015: Jong En Sterker Schagen)

| 3  | 3  | 6
Seniorenpartij Schagen (VSPS) | 3  | 4  | 5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) | 5  | 4  | 4
Labour Party (PvdA) | 5  | 3  | 3
Democrats 66 (D66) | 1  | 1  | 1
Socialist Party (SP) | 1  | 1  | 1
Wens4U | 1  | 1  | 1
GreenLeft (GL) | \-  | 1  | 1
Duurzaam Schagen

(until 2017: Duurzaam Natuurlijk Alternatief)

| 1  | 1  | \-
Total | 29 | 29 | 29

Due to the interim local elections in November 2012 for the new merged municipal council, Schagen did not take part in the Dutch-wide municipal elections of 2014.

## Notable people

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Gerard Kuiper, 1964

* Adriaen van Cronenburg (1525 in Schagen – after 1604) a painter, mainly of portraits
* Jan van Noordt (1623/24 in Schagen – after 1676) was a Dutch Golden Age painter
* Simon Berman (1861 in Landsmeer – 1934) the Mayor of Schagen, 1894–1900
* Gerard Kuiper (1905 in Tuitjenhorn – 1973) a Dutch–American astronomer; eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt
* Joop Klant (1915 in Warmenhuizen – 1994) a Dutch economist, novelist and academic
* Ben Essing (1935 in Dirkshorn – 1994) a Dutch impresario
* Cees Geel (born 1965 in Schagen) a Dutch television, radio and film actor[14]
* Bianca Krijgsman (born 1968 in Oudesluis) a comedian and Dutch actress[15]
* Daniella van Graas (born 1975 in Tuitjenhorn) a Dutch fashion model, cover girl, and actress[16]
* Femke Meines (born 2000 in Tuitjenhorn) a Dutch singer and actress

### Sport

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* Rein Boomsma (1879 in Schagen – 1943 in Neuengamme concentration camp) a Dutch footballer
* Richard Rozendaal (born 1972 in Warmenhuizen) a track cyclist, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Ruben Houkes (born 1979 in Schagen) a Dutch judoka, bronze medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
* Celeste Plak (born 1995 in Tuitjenhorn) a Dutch volleyball player
* Pleuni Cornelisse (born 1999 in Schagen) a Dutch judoka

## Gallery

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* Schagen City

* Schagerkogge Canal

* Buildings, Leihoek

* De Sporters, Warmenhuizen

## References

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1. ^ "College van burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Schagen. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. ^ "Postcodetool for 1741EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
5. ^ a b "Te Schagen" [In Schagen]. Het nieuws van den dag: Kleine courant. No. 7534\. 1894-08-18. "Te Schagen is door de daartoe gevormde commissie — waarvan de burgemeester, de Heer S. Berman, aan het hoofd staat — namens de ingezetenen van Schagen en omstreken, een premie van ƒ 750 uitgeloofd op het ontdekken van de moordenaars van de Wed. E. Bute en hare nicht Anna Beiers."
6. ^ a b "De ontknooping van het drama te Schagen" [The dénouement of the drama in Schagen]. Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. Vol. 17, no. 5048\. 1894-08-28. "Daar men wist, dat Alot niet in het bezit van veel geld kon zijn, wijl zijne moeder hem een rijksdaalder had gegeven om te Haarlem werk te zoeken, werd De Vries aangespoord van een en ander kennis te geven aan den heer Berman, burgemeester van Schagen. Deze ontbood toen Alot, om van hem de herkomst dier gelden te vernemen, 't Blijkt, dat Alot toen en later eene valsche verklaring heeft afgelegd, die de vermoedens tegen hem versterkten. [...] De ware schuldigen zijn ten slotte ontdekt, al behoort de eene — de moeder van Klaas Boes — niet meer tot het rijk der levenden."
7. ^ a b "De moord te Schagen" [The murder in Schagen]. Het nieuws van den dag: Kleine courant. No. 7540\. 1894-08-25. "Nadat de ouders van den gearresteerden K. Boes, des middags een verhoor van meer dan twee uren bij den burgemeester van Schagen, den Heer J.  [sic] Berman, hadden ondergaan, en zij in hunne woning waren teruggekeerd, welke door de politie den geheelen dag werd bewaakt, deed, des avonds te half acht ongeveer, eensklaps de verschrikkelijke mare de ronde, dat de vrouw van Boes, zich door het afsnijden van den hals met een scheermes, van het leven had beroofd."
8. ^ "De dubbele moord te Schagen" [The double murder in Schagen]. Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad. Vol. 17, no. 5047\. 1894-08-27. "Groote lof moet aan de justitie worden gebracht voor haar optreden in deze treurige zaak. Dat hare taak zwaar en vermoeiend is geweest, kan hieruit blijken, dat de officier van justitie, mr. Karseboom, met den rechtercommissaris mr. A. C. Lagerwey en den burgemeester van Schagen, den heer Berman, bijna onafgebroken, gedurende drie dagen en twee nachten, het onderzoek hebben voorgezet, zonder zich te bed te begeven."
9. ^ "Moord te Schagen" [Murder in Schagen]. Utrechts Nieuwsblad. 1894-08-03. p. 3\. "In den ll. gehouden zitting van den Gemeenteraad van Schagen heeft de burgemeester, den heer Berman, eene toespraak gehouden, naar aanleiding van de aaldaar gepleegde misdaad, waarbij hij hulde bracht aan de justitie voor haar krachtig optreden. Het raadslid Roggeveen richte daarna een hartelijk woord tot den burgemeester zelf, aan wiens houding ook hulde gebracht werd."
10. ^ "Uit den Gemeenteraad te Schagen; Hulde aan justitie en politie" [From the City Council in Schagen; Praise to the judiciary and police]. Leeuwarder Courant. 1894-08-31. p. 5\. "Nadat de heer Berman deze indrukwekkende woorden tot de raad had gesproken, verzocht de heer W. Roggeveen Gz., namens den Raad het woord en sprak in dezen zin tot den burgemeester: Heeft zooeven de voorzitter gesproken van de ongekende plichtsvervulling, gedurende dagen en nachten door justitie en politie in de treurige zaak betoond, wij onzerzijds weten ook, dat ook u, geachte burgemeester, niet minder ijver hebt aan den dag gelegd. Ook gij, mijnheer Berman, hebt u gedurende dagen en nachten beijverd, als hoofd der politie om de pleger der misdaad te ontdekken. Wij zijn u hier hartelijk dankbaar voor, al doet het ons leed dat u nog maar een half jaar aan het hoofd onzer gemeente staande genoodzaakt werd uwer krachten te wijden aan een treurige zaak als deze. [..] De loffelijke wijze waarop gij van uwe taak hebt gekweten, brengt ons er toe, u dank te betuigen."
11. ^ "Schagen municipal election 2012". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 21 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
12. ^ "Schagen municipal election 2018". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
13. ^ "Schagen municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
14. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 16 August 2019
15. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 16 August 2019
16. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 16 August 2019

## External links

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* Media related to Schagen at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website
* http://www.geheugenvanschagen.nl

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