Monnickendam

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Monnickendam
| settlement_type = [[City]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[North Holland]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Waterland]]
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| postal_code = 1140–1141<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.postcode.nl/zoek/Monnickendam, Zoekresultaten], Postcode.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2015.</ref>
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'''Monnickendam''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌmɔnɪkə(n)ˈdɑm}}) is a [[city]] in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[North Holland]]. It is a part of the municipality of [[Waterland]], and lies on the coast of the [[Markermeer]], about {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Purmerend]]. It received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1355 and was damaged by the fires of 1499 and 1513.

==History==
[[File:Monnickendam Map.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Joan Blaeu]]'s map of Monnickendam, developed in 1649]]
Monnikendam was also the name of a number of warships built at the port of the same name during the [[Anglo-Dutch Wars]].

The town was founded by monks,<ref name="eyewitness">{{cite book|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: The Netherlands: The Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFFTqI5PoYsC|date=1 August 2011|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=978-0-7566-8476-1|page=174}}</ref> the name Monnickendam translates as 'Monk's dam'.

Monnickendam was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged into Waterland.<ref>{{Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten}}</ref> Although it is a small fishing village today, it was an important port in earlier centuries. It possesses a seventeenth-century [[weigh house]], once used by merchants and port officials, and a [[bell tower]] that dates from 1591. The fourteenth century church of St. Nicholas, renovated in 1602, is particularly notable. The [[synagogue]] was built in 1894.<ref>Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning, by Carol Herselle Krinsky - 1996, p. 68</ref> [[Jews|Jewish]] families named Monnikendam trace their roots to this town.

The town was the site of an artist's colony in the early twentieth century.<ref>{{cite web | title=Monnickendam aan de Zuiderzee, Holland | website=University of Pretoria Archives | date=2012 | url=https://repository.up.ac.za/items/5c917d5b-0e65-42f2-a469-b15efc33bdc9 | access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Pennington | first=Estill | title=Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802-1920 | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=2010| isbn=978-0-8131-2613-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrunGfFB3MQC&pg=PA211|quote=the American artist colony at Monnickendam, Holland, at the 1907 Southern Exposition | access-date=3 July 2025 | page=211}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Monnickendam hosts a number of industries, many related to its history and proximity to the Markermeer. Notably, the city is home to the [[Royal Hakvoort Shipyards]] that has operated for over a century, first catering to the local fishing industry by building vessels for their purpose, and later moving into luxury and pleasure crafts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Royal Hakvoort Homepage|url=https://www.hakvoort.com/about-us/history/|access-date=10 February 2022|website=Royal Hakvoort}}</ref>

Other notable organisations include Leguit + Roos, specialising in the renovation and restoration of historical buildings that are plenty in the Waterland area.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations honors subsidy application for the Municipality of Waterland for the Galgeriet project|url=https://www.waterland.nl/nieuws/ministerie-bzk-honoreert-subsidieaanvraag-gemeente-waterland-ten-behoeve-van-project/|access-date=11 February 2022|website=Gemeente Waterland}}</ref>

In recent developments, the derelict business quarter of Galgeriet was demolished in order to make space for the development of new residential buildings. The Dutch government has [[Subsidy|subsidised]] this development with €6,420,240, with the hope of creating 700 homes as well as additional commercial spaces to both alleviate the ailing demography and provide an impetus for further economic growth.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Leguit + Roos Homepage|url=https://www.leguitenroos.nl/|access-date=11 February 2022|website=Leguit + Roos}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In 2001, the town of Monnickendam had 9,546 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was {{convert|1.34|km2|abbr=on}}, and contained 3,766 residences.<ref name="CBS">Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'' [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.</ref> The wider statistical area of Monnickendam has a population of around 9,680.<ref name="CBS2">Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Waterland'' [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/W/2004-waterland.htm]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Wendelmoet Claesdochter]], first female Lutheran martyr during the [[Reformation]], executed in 1527 at [[The Hague]]
* Cornelis Dirkszoon, mayor of Monnickendam during the [[Eighty Years' War]]
* Hermann Jung (1608–1678), prominent [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] theologian and preacher
* Simon Lambrechtszoon Mau, captain of the ''Duyfken'' who led the first expedition to the [[Dutch East Indies]] using a route around Africa
* [[Marlou van Rhijn]], two-time [[200 metres|200 metre]] gold medal winner at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012]] and [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Paralympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Monnickendam, sculptuur van een monnik op de brug bij de Waag foto8 2014-05-25 11.09.jpg|Monk sculpture at the bridge near de Waag
File:Sint-Nicolaaskerk1 Monnickendam.jpg|Church: de Grote of Sint Nicolaaskerk
File:Waag en Speeltoren Monnickendam.jpg|Tower (de Speeltoren) and de Waag
File:Monnickendam, zicht op de Haven foto1 2014-05-25 10.52.jpg|View to the port
File:Monnickendam, straatzicht Noordeinde met monumentaal pand RM29996 en kerk op achtergrond foto2 2014-05-25 11.18.jpg|View to a street (het Noordeinde)
File:Monnickendam (4).jpg|View to the grachten
File:Waterland-Monnickendam, ophaalbrug de Rietvinkbrug IMG 6951 2023-06-25 11.33.jpg|Drawbridge: the Rietvinkbrug
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Museum de Speeltoren]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Monnickendam}}
{{wikivoyage|Monnickendam}}
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Monnikendam|volume=18|page=629}}

{{Dutch municipality Waterland}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]
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