Oudorp
Sign in to saveOudorp () is a neighbourhood of Alkmaar and former village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located about east of the city centre. The village merged with Alkmaar in 1972.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alkmaar
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oudorp
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighbourhood and former village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Image:Ambachtsmolen-Alkmaar.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmill "Ambachtsmolen" in Oudorp
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wapen_van-Haasdal_1174-.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- North Holland
- Population
- +2092
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Oudorp () is a neighbourhood of Alkmaar and former village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located about east of the city centre. The village merged with Alkmaar in 1972.
== History == The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Aldenthorf, and means "old village". Oudorp developed on a beach wall. Between 1278 and 1288, the castles Middelburg and Nieuwburg were built by order of Floris V, Count of Holland. Both castles were destroyed in 1517. During the Siege of Alkmaar in 1573, the Spanish army was stationed in Oudorp.