Nootdorp 1

After Pijnacker I went to Nootdorp. These two villages merged into one municipality in 2002. It also contains Delfgauw and Oude Leede. The post office at Bruna was in the town center. From Pijnacker I had to take the metro followed by two trams.

The first mention of Nootdorp dates from 1281, when a Noitdorper wegh (Nootdorp road) is found. On either side of the road peat was harvested as fuel for The Hague, Delft and the Abbey of Loosduinen. In 1303 the people living along the road get their own priest. The village at first consisted of the two 'heerlijkheden' Nieuwveen and Hoogeveen. In 1724 there is also a heerlijkheid Nootdorp. The three places formed one parish. Until late in the 18th century Nootdorp remained a village of farmers with some 300 people. A century later that number more than doubled.

After the Second World War the municpality started growing. A lot of new houses were built. In 2002 shopping center De Parade was completed.

City/town:         Nootdorp

Municipality:     Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Area:                7,60 km² (Pijnacker-Nootdorp 38,61 km²)

Population:       19.045 (2014) (Pijnacker-Nootdorp 54.321, 1 January 2019)

Website:           pijnacker-nootdorp.nl

Post office

Bruna Nootdorp

Lange Baan 22

2632 GC  NOOTDORP

facebook.com/BrunaNootdorp

Date sent: 7 July 2017

Date postmark: 7 July 2017

Date received: 8 July 2017

Number of days: 1

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