Heiloo

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image_captionHeiloo town centre
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map_captionLocation in North Holland
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameNetherlands
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1North Holland
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titleSamenstelling college
trans-titleMembers of the board
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publisherGemeente Heiloo
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url-statusdead
governing_bodyMunicipal council
leader_partyD66
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMascha ten Bruggencate
unit_prefMetric
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workActueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisherHet Waterschapshuis
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postal_code_typePostcode
postal_code1850–1852
area_code_typeArea code
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Heiloo () is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The community is part of the cooperation region Kennemerland and is located in the historical region of West Friesland. Heiloo had a population of in .

Etymology

Heiloo (from the Dutch heilige loo, 'sacred forest') was given its name because Saint Willibrord was said to have performed a miracle there around 690 AD and created a church on a small hill.

Notable attractions

It has a town hall dating from 1926 and a church from the 12th century known as the Witte Kerk. In the late Middle Ages a Marian shrine came into being for Our Lady to Need (Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Nood). The chapel was partially destroyed in 1573 during the Spanish Siege of Alkmaar, and it was completely demolished in 1637. Before it was razed to the ground, the Alkmaar painter Gerrit Pietersz. de Jongh depicted a family on a pilgrimage at the ruins of the single wall left remaining after the siege. Pilgrimage started to flourish again in 1713 when a spring started to sprout where the chapel had stood. The Marian sanctuary, situated outside the village in a so-called procession park, is one of the major pilgrimage destinations in the Netherlands, attracting pilgrims mainly from the diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. In the 1950s and 1960s the population grew quickly as many residents of Amsterdam moved to the area. Many residents work and attend school in the neighbouring city of Alkmaar.

Sporting clubs

  • FCC Boscrossers – The local BMX club has produced 5 World Champions, 4 European Champions and many National Champions. The 2013 17-24-year-old Double World Champion for 20" and Cruiser Class was Robin Van Der Kolk, who won both titles in Auckland New Zealand.
  • AV Trias – The local athletics club has produced 2 Olympic athletes, Lisanne de Witte and Laura de Witte.

Local government

The municipal council of Heiloo consists of 19 seats, which at the 2022 municipal elections divided as follows:

  • Heiloo 2000 – 5 seats
  • VVD – 3 seats
  • PvdA – 3 seats
  • D66 – 3 seats
  • CDA – 2 seats
  • Local Interest Heiloo (Gemeentebelangen) – 2 seats
  • Heiloo Local – 1 seat

Current mayor: Mascha ten Bruggencate (D66).

Railway connections

Connections from Heiloo railway station include: Alkmaar, Hoorn, Uitgeest, Zaandam, Amsterdam, Utrecht, 's-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, The Hague, Weert, Roermond, Maastricht and Heerlen.

Until October 2013 there was a second stop on the railway line between Heiloo and Limmen, used once a month to bring pilgrims to the nearby chapel. The name of both station and chapel was 'Onze lieve vrouwe ter nood' or 'Our Lady to Need'; the station was known as Runxputte until 1914. One of the platforms was demolished in 1997 for safety reasons.

Notable residents

  • Marie Jungius (1864–1908), educator, writer, and activist

  • Cornelis Ouwehand (1920–1996) anthropologist and a scholar of Japanese folklore ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Jos_Brink.jpg" caption="Jos Brink"] ::

  • Jos van Kemenade (1937–2020) politician and sociologist

  • Jos Brink (1942–2007), television and theater personality

  • Guus Janssen (born 1951), composer and pianist

  • Jacques Zoon (born 1961), flautist

  • Maarten van Roozendaal (1962–2013) a Dutch singer, comedian and songwriter

  • Lars Oostveen (born 1976) stage name Lawrence Ray, is a Dutch presenter, producer and actor ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/20160706_EK_Laura_de_Witte.jpg" caption="Laura de Witte, 2016"] ::

Sport

Gallery

File:Sint Paulus, Heiloo.JPG|Sint Paulus, Heiloo File:Brug tussen het hoekstuk en de vlei - Heiloo 5-5-2009 - panoramio.jpg|Bridge between the hoekstuk and the vlei, Heiloo File:S.M. Glorieux, Heiloo.JPG|S.M. Glorieux, Heiloo File:Voorgevel en rechter zijgevel - Heiloo - 20396796 - RCE.jpg|Local house, Heiloo

References

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  8. [http://www.boscrossers.nl/ www.boscrossers.nl]
  9. link. (19 March 2014)
  10. "Robin van der Kolk #186 :: Home".
  11. (16 March 2022). "Heiloo municipal election 2022".
  12. "tijdelijke halte Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Nood - foto's en omschrijving op stationsweb".
  13. Strijland, Arlette. (2019-02-22). "Marie Jungius – biografie".
  14. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109557/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 January 2020
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