Nijkerk

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Field	Value
name	Nijkerk
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Aerial Nijkerk Grote Kerk 1.jpg
image_caption	Aerial view of Nijkerk
image_flag	Nijkerk vlag.svg
flag_size	100x67px
image_shield	Coat of arms of Nijkerk.svg
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Map - NL - Municipality code 0267 (2009).svg
map_alt	Highlighted position of Nijkerk in a municipal map of Gelderland
map_caption	Location in Gelderland
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Gelderland
government_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.nijkerk.eu/bestuur-en-organisatie/kennismaking-en-portefeuilleverdeling_3989/item/burgemeester-gerard-renkema_14671.html
title	Burgemeester Gerard Renkema
trans-title	Mayor Gerard Renkema
language	nl
publisher	Gemeente Nijkerk
access-date	11 July 2014
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225726/http://www.nijkerk.eu/bestuur-en-organisatie/kennismaking-en-portefeuilleverdeling_3989/item/burgemeester-gerard-renkema_14671.html
archive-date	14 July 2014
url-status	dead
governing_body	Municipal council
leader_party	CDA
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Gerard Renkema
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
area_water_km2
elevation_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
title	Postcodetool for 3861AK
language	nl
author
work	Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisher	Het Waterschapshuis
access-date	11 July 2014
archive-date	21 September 2013
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
url-status	dead
elevation_m	1
elevation_max_footnotes	tags --
elevation_min_footnotes	tags --
population_footnotes
population_total
population_as_of
population_density_km2
population_demonym	Nijkerker
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	3860–3871
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	033
website
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Nijkerk (; Dutch Low Saxon: Niekark) is a municipality and a city located in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

Population centres

• Achterhoek
• Appel
• De Veenhuis
• Doornsteeg
• Driedorp
• Hoevelaken
• Holk
• Holkerveen
• Kruishaar
• Nekkeveld
• Nijkerkerveen
• Prinsenkamp
• Slichtenhorst
• 't Woud
• Wullenhove

Some people state that Groot Corlaer is a population centre on its own, but it is officially part of Nijkerk.

Transportation

Railway station: Nijkerk

The city of Nijkerk

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Gem-Nijkerk-OpenTopo.jpg" caption="Map of Nijkerk, June 2015"] ::

The name Nijkerk stems from Nieuwe Kerk (Dutch for New Church). This new church was built after the old chapel had been destroyed by fire in 1221. Nijkerk was strategically located between the Duchy of Guelders (Dutch: Hertogdom Gelre) and the Bishopric of Utrecht. Because of this strategic location Nijkerk regularly was the scene of war, and in 1412 the village was completely destroyed. It was restored and Nijkerk received city rights in 1413. In 1421 the church that gave Nijkerk its name burnt down and was replaced; this happened several times, until a new church, the Grote-of-Sint-Catharinakerk; was built in the 18th century. It still stands today. The organ in this church was built in 1756 by Mathijs van Deventer.

In the 18th century Nijkerk was a flourishing merchant city. Several inhabitants traveled to the New World, including Arent van Curler and Kiliaen van Rensselaer and founded new cities.

Since World War II, Nijkerk has grown rapidly. It is situated on the (former) shore of the IJsselmeer, which allows for transportation of goods via ships, and in the proximity of two major motorways, the E30 (A1) and E232 (A28). This allowed local industries to grow, and also encouraged people who work in the nearby Randstad to move to the more rural and peaceful town of Nijkerk.

Politics

In 2000, the municipalities of Nijkerk and Hoevelaken merged to form the new municipality of Nijkerk. On August 24, 2011, the municipality announced that Nijkerk had passed the mark of 40,000 inhabitants. The city council was consequently expanded to 27 seats from the 2014 election.

After the 2022 municipal elections the seats divided as follows: ::data[format=table]

Party	Number of seats
CDA	7
Christian Union and SGP	6
Progressief 21	5
Lokale Partij	5
VVD	4
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Progressief 21 is a local party combining the local branches of Democrats 66, GroenLinks and the Labour Party. The Lokale Partij has no national connection.

Geography

Climate

|location = Nijkerk |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes | Jan record high C = 14.9 | Feb record high C = 18.9 | Mar record high C = 25.4 | Apr record high C = 29.2 | May record high C = 31.5 | Jun record high C = 33.9 | Jul record high C = 37.5 | Aug record high C = 36.1 | Sep record high C = 29.6 | Oct record high C = 26.9 | Nov record high C = 19.0 | Dec record high C = 15.3 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 5.5 |Feb high C = 6.0 |Mar high C = 9.5 |Apr high C = 13.5 |May high C = 18.0 |Jun high C = 20.0 |Jul high C = 22.5 |Aug high C = 22.5 |Sep high C = 19.0 |Oct high C = 14.5 |Nov high C = 9.5 |Dec high C = 6.0 |Jan low C = 0.0 |Feb low C = 0.0 |Mar low C = 2.0 |Apr low C = 4.0 |May low C = 8.0 |Jun low C = 10.5 |Jul low C = 13.0 |Aug low C = 12.5 |Sep low C = 10.0 |Oct low C = 7.0 |Nov low C = 3.5 |Dec low C = 1.0 | Jan record low C = -20.3 | Feb record low C = -21.9 | Mar record low C = -16.9 | Apr record low C = -8.4 | May record low C = -2.9 | Jun record low C = -0.4 | Jul record low C = 2.5 | Aug record low C = 2.9 | Sep record low C = -2.2 | Oct record low C = -7.4 | Nov record low C = -11.2 | Dec record low C = -15.5 |year record low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 75 |Feb precipitation mm = 55 |Mar precipitation mm = 75 |Apr precipitation mm = 45 |May precipitation mm = 65 |Jun precipitation mm = 70 |Jul precipitation mm = 80 |Aug precipitation mm = 80 |Sep precipitation mm = 75 |Oct precipitation mm = 80 |Nov precipitation mm = 85 |Dec precipitation mm = 85 |year precipitation mm = |Jan sun = 60 |Feb sun = 85 |Mar sun = 125 |Apr sun = 175 |May sun = 210 |Jun sun = 195 |Jul sun = 205 |Aug sun = 190 |Sep sun = 140 |Oct sun = 110 |Nov sun = 60 |Dec sun = 50 |year sun = |source 1 = |source 2 = |date=March 2015

Notable residents

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Eijkman.jpg" caption="Christiaan Eijkman, 1929"] ::

• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586 in Hasselt – ca.1642), merchant and Hudson Valley patroon
• Wouter van Twiller (1606 in Nijkerk – 1654) the Director of New Netherland 1632 to 1638.
• Arent van Curler (1619 in Nijkerk – 1667), founder of Schenectady, New York
• Johann Frederik Eijkman (1851 in Nijkerk – 1915), chemist
• James Kwast (1852 in Nijkerk – 1927), pianist and teacher
• Christiaan Eijkman (1858 in Nijkerk – 1930), physician and professor of physiology, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins
• Jakob van Domselaer (1890 in Nijkerk – 1960), composer, part of De Stijl with Piet Mondrian
• Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900 in Nijkerk – 1987), Cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
• Henri Nouwen (1932 in Nijkerk – 1996), Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian
• Kees de Kort (1934 in Nijkerk – 2022) an artist, illustrates Bible scenes for children's books.
• Norbert Klein (1956 – 2021), politician
• Levi van Veluw (born 1985 in Hoevelaken), contemporary artist using photographs, videos and sculptures

Sport

• Brigitte van der Lans (born 1968 in Hoevelaken), former backstroke swimmer, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Bram van Polen (born 1985 in Nijkerk), footballer, 385 caps with PEC Zwolle
• Scott Deroue (born 1995 in Nijkerkerveen), motorcycle racer
• Donny van de Beek (born 1997 in Nijkerkerveen), professional footballer

Twin town

Nijkerk is twinned with ::data[format=table]

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Gallery

File:Nijkerk-grote-kerk-2012-vlagnijkerk.jpg|The File:Arkervaart (kanaal).jpg|Arkervaart (canal) File:Driedorp NH-kerk 74.JPG|Driedorp NH-kerk File:Nijkerk Handelende boeren met koeien 93.jpg|Nijkerk Trading farmers with cows File:Nijkerk museum Oud Nijkerk 73.jpg|Nijkerk museum Oud Nijkerk File:Grêft yn Nijkerk 3.JPG|Canal in Nijkerk File:Nijkerk-westkadijk-05270003.jpg|Nijkerk-westkadijk File:Hoevelaken Park Weldam 7.jpg|Hoevelaken Park Weldam File:Slûs Nijkerkernau 4.JPG|Sluice Nijkerkernau

References

References

1. {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
2. {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
3. (April 2020)
4. (16 March 2022). "Nijkerk municipal election 2022".
5. "Klimaatatlas". knmi.nl.
6. "Extremen KNMI-station Soesterberg (until 2008 - after 2008, extremes have been recorded at nearby De Bilt weather station)". weergegevens.nl.

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