Hogeveen

Hogeveen

Hogeveen

Settlement in the Netherlands

For the town in Drenthe, see Hoogeveen.

Hogeveen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, about 2 km south of Hazerswoude-Dorp.

The municipality of Hogeveen (1817-1855), in yellow, on an 1868 map of the municipality of Benthuizen.[1]

Hogeveen (then also spelled Hoogeveen) was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with Benthuizen.[2] The municipality was often called "Hoogeveen in Rijnland" to distinguish it from the municipality Hoogeveen in Delfland, also in South Holland.

Hogeveen

References

  1. [1]
    J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Benthuizen".
  2. [2]
    Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

52°05′N 4°35′E


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