Bakkum

Bakkum

Bakkum

Village in North Holland, Netherlands

Bakkum is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum and lies about 12 km southwest of Alkmaar. It has three satellites: the village of Bakkum-Noord [nl], the hamlet Noord Bakkum [nl] and Bakkum aan Zee which is nowadays called Castricum aan Zee [nl].[3]

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The village was first mentioned in the late-11th century as Bachem, and means "settlement on a height".[4] Bakkum used to be a heerlijkheid. In 1749, it was sold to Nicolaas Geelvinck who was Lord of Castricum among others.[5]

In 1812, Bakkum became a part of the municipality of Castricum.[3] Some tourism developed in the early 20th century, but Bakkum never developed into a seaside resort town. After World War II, it started to form a single urban area with Castricum.[5]

  • House in Bakkum
  • Psychiatric hospital Duin en Bosch
  • House in Bakkum
  • Camp site in Bakkum (1972)

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2022. two entries
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 1901AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Bakkum". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Bakkum - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Bakkum" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 27 April 2022.


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