Den Hoorn ZH 1

After my visit to De Lier I took the next bus to the next village: Den Hoorn. The village was founded around 1100 as part of the Hof van Delft (Court of Delft area). In 1817 the territory of Hof van Delft, including Den Hoorn and other villages, became a separate municipality that existed until 1921. Den Hoorn was added to the municipality of Schipluiden. In the early 18th century a lot of orchards and vegetable gardens were laid out in the area. These evolved into the modern horticulture that can be found now, although less and less, around Den Hoorn.

In 2004 the municipalities of Schipluiden and Maasland merged into the new municipality of Midden‑Delfland with Den Hoorn as the largest town.

The post office is located in the Primera shop in the town centre. It was very busy, but fortunately not at the post office window. I was back at the bus stop within ten minutes. The stamp I used was from the sheetlet to celebrate the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander in 2017. The postmark only has Den Hoorn in it, instead of the postally used Den Hoorn ZH. The abbreviation of the province of Zuid-Holland was added (like in Rijswijk ZH) to prevent confusion with Den Hoorn on the island of Texel (Den Hoorn Texel) and the city of Hoorn in Noord-Holland (Hoorn NH). On 1 July 2018 Primera Den Hoorn got new owners. The post office remained part of the shop.

City/town:       Den Hoorn

Municipality:   Midden-Delfland

Area:              49,38 km² (Midden-Delfland)

Population:    8.041 (Den Hoorn, January 2017) / 19.372 (Midden-Delfland, May 2017)

Website:        middendelfland.nl

Post office

Primera Den Hoorn

Dijkshoornseweg 31

2635 EJ  DEN HOORN ZH

primera.nl/primera-den-hoorn

facebook.com/primeradenhoorn

Date sent: 1 July 2017

Date postmark: 1 July 2017

Date received: 4 July 2017

Number of days: 3

Envelope in collection: 206

De Lier 1

Saturday 1 July 2017 I took the bus for a trip along four towns in my own region. First stop was De Lier in our municipality of Westland. De Lier is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It lies about 1,80 m below sea level. As the lowest point in Westland De Lier suffers from flooding during heavy rain. De Lier used to be a separate municipality. On 1 January 2004, it merged with Naaldwijk, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, and Wateringen to form the municipality of Westland.

The stamp I used is a personal stamp designed and issued by Postzegelvereniging Monster (Monster stamp club) in the series 'Westlands mooiste' (Westland's most beautiful). It represents the De Lier based company Fransen Roses, producer of different varieties of roses. The stamp shows the rose Myrna+.

City/town:       De Lier

Municipality:   Westland

Area:              90,58 km² (Westland)

Population:    106.752 (Westland, August 2017)

Website:        gemeentewestland.nl

Post office

Bruna De Lier

Hoofdstraat 56A

2678 CL  DE LIER

brunawestland.nl

facebook.com/brunadelier

Date sent: 1 July 2017

Date postmark: 1 July 2017

Date received: 4 July 2017

Number of days: 3

Envelope in collection: 205