Hoogkarspel

Hoogkarspel (West Frisian: Hougkarspel) (population estimate: 7932) is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name derives from the words hoog (Dutch for "high") and kerspel, a Middle Dutch word for parish.

Hoogkarspel
The skyline of Hoogkarspel, with the characteristic Hoogkarspel Water Tower.
Coordinates: 52°41′41″N 5°10′40″E
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Municipality Drechterland
Population
 (2015)
7.932

Hoogkarspel was a separate municipality until 1979, when it was merged into the new municipality of Bangert, which has been renamed to Drechterland in 1980.[1]

Transportation

There is a railway station, Hoogkarspel, with half-hourly connections to Hoorn, Amsterdam and Enkhuizen.

Archeology

The so-called Hoogkarspel culture is an important part of the Elp culture, a culture of the Bronze Age dating from approx. 1800-800 BC. In the 1960s remains were found of a tumulus behind the Hoogkarspel water tower, and remains of an agricultural settlement were discovered in the 1970s, dating from 1000 BC. Two periods are identified, Hoogkarspel-I (1400-1100 cal BC) and Hoogkarspel-II (800-400 cal BC).[2] Earthenware found in the area is divided into old and young, following the influential publication by R. W. Brandt in 1988.[3]

South-west of the former "Medemblikker Tolhuis" (Medemblik tollbooth) remains of a mound from the late Bronze Age were found. The Medemblik tollbooth was a tollbooth next to a well maintained road to the city Medemblik, and this road still exists.

References
  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  2. Theunissen, Liesebeth (2008). Midden-bronstijdsamenlevingen in Het Zuiden Van De Lage Landen: Een Evaluatie Van Het Begrip Hilversum-cultuur. Sidestone Press. pp. 128–30. ISBN 9789088900174.
  3. Bloo, S. B. C. (2012-06-01). "Middenbronstijd B-aardewerk: Een pot, twee culturen? Een kleine vergelijking tussen het Hoogkarspel-oud aardewerk en het middenbronstijd B-aardewerk van de Hilversumcultuur". In N. L. Jaspers (ed.). Van Graven in De Prehistorie En Dingen Die Voorbijgaan: Studies Aangeboden Aan Eric Lohof Bij Zijn Pensionering in De Archeologie. Sidestone Press. pp. 246–52. ISBN 9789088900808.


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