Obdam

Village and former municipality in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

52°40′28″N 4°54′14″E / 52.67444°N 4.90389°E / 52.67444; 4.90389CountryKingdom of the NetherlandsConstituent country NetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandMunicipalityKoggenlandArea • Total11.25 km² (4.34 sq mi)Population • Total5,925 • Density530/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code0226Websitewww.obdam.nl

Obdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔbˈdɑm] ^ⓘ) is a village and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Wester-Koggenland to form the new municipality of Koggenland.

The area of the former municipality contains the following small towns and villages: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam and Wogmeer (partly).

Obden has a railway station. It has regular direct services to Hoorn and, by changing trains there, services to Amsterdam.^[2]

• 1503 - The van Duvenvoorde family become the Lords of the town.
• 1610 - Birth of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer.
• 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name and becomes Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer.
• 1665 - Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam dies during a sea battle with the English while the captain of a Dutch vessel.
• 1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the towns of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.
• 2007 - Obdam municipality merges into the new municipality of Koggenland.

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  Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam by Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam, elected in 2002,^[3] consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:^[4]

• CDA - 5 seats
• Gemeente Partij Obdam - 4 seats
• PvdA - 2 seats
• VVD - 2 seats

• Official website of former municipality
• Media related to Obdam at Wikimedia Commons