's-Graveland is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 4 km northwest of Hilversum. The former municipality of 's-Graveland merged with Loosdrecht and Nederhorst den Berg on 1 January 2002 to form the new municipality Wijdemeren.

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's-Graveland
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's-Graveland Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands 's-Graveland Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands Show map of North Holland
Coordinates: 52°14′39″N 5°7′16″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland and part of Gooi
Municipality	Wijdemeren
Area [1]
• Total	5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,320
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1243[1]
Dialing code	035

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The village was first mentioned in 1634 as "de akkers in 's Graevenlandt" and means "the land of Count of Holland" (Albrecht van Beieren) and served as a hunting ground. This area was cultivated from 1625; nine years later the resulting polder was parceled out to six people.^[3][4]

In 1634, Andries Bicker became the owner of five plots with a depth of about 1,100m in 's-Graveland.^[5][6] The village became a popular location for wealthy families from Amsterdam, who bought, built or inherited villas and estates there.^[7][8][9]

• Bantam: Cornelis van Davelaer
• Boekesteyn: Catharina Bicker (1642–1678) and Jacob de Petersen
• Gooilust: Andries Bicker, P.C. Hooft, Jacob Bicker Hendriksz.
• Hilverbeek: Ant. Oetgens van Waveren
• Land en Bosch:
• Jagtlust:
• Schaep en Burgh: Gerard Simonsz. Schaep & Abel Matthijsz. Burgh
• Schoonoord: Anthony Oetgens van Waveren
• Spanderswoud: Andries Bicker (-1652), Cornelia Bicker (-1678),^[10] Geertruid Bicker (-1702), Pieter Pama (1766-1780)
• Sperwershof: Andries Bicker and Benedictus Schaeck.^[11]
• Spiegelrust: Anthony Oetgens van Waveren, Abel Mathijsz Burgh
• Swaenenburgh: Cornelis van Davelaer
• Trompenburgh: the plot was owned by Andries and his sister Dieuwertje Bicker. The mansion in Dutch Baroque style was built for Cornelis Tromp, designed by Daniel Stalpaert.

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Transport by ship, initially via the Zuiderzee and the Utrechtse Vecht, was often preferred over carriage. The road to Weesp was improved in 1627.^[12] The 's-Gravelandseweg was not paved. The 's-Gravelandsevaart, dug out in 1634, used to be a major connection between Vecht and Loosdrecht. The Weespertrekvaart was dug out in 1639. Ships transported the excavated sand to Amsterdam. In 1644, a regular barge to Amsterdam was introduced, and not long after a school and church, designed by Daniel Stalpaert.

In 1672, the French caused a lot of damage, destroying homes and killing inhabitants. In 1673 the French abandoned the area again, and many homes were rebuilt, new gardens were added in French fashion.

• Fragment van kaart van Gooiland van Hilversum tot Vreelandt en Naerden tot Weesep, C.Danckersen de Rij Landmeeter fecit anno 1636
• Naamlijst hoofdingelanden 1634-1891 in raadszaal 's-Graveland
• Fragment van kaart van Gooiland H.Post ca. 1740
• Nieuwe kaart van de Mijnden en de 2 Loosdrechten, mitsgaders van 's-Graveland (fragment)
• Pieter van Os 's-Gravelandse kanaal
• Buitenhuizen - 's-Graveland

• Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012), Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
• Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985), Dutch-American mathematician and economist and winner of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• Hendrik Jan Schimmel