Everything about Spaarndam totally explained
Spaarndam is a small village on the
Spaarne and
IJ rivers. The oldest part of the village, on the western side of the Spaarne, belongs to the municipality of
Haarlem; the newer part on the eastern side is a part of the municipality of
Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. The village is built around a
dam in the river, which is also the division line of the two municipalities.
Spaarndam was created around a dam where the river Spaarne flows into the IJ. This dam was built here by count
Floris V of Holland in 1285. The village collected
toll at this dam, and people made their living from fishing. From 1812 to 1927, the western part of Spaarndam was an independent municipality.
The village has some tourism, and many people commute to
Amsterdam and Haarlem.
Spaarndam has always been strongly connected to water: besides the river and the fishing, it's now also famous because of the story of
Hansje Brinker. This is a character in an American book, that stuck his finger in a
dike to prevent the town from flooding; he was supposedly living in Spaarndam. The local tourist bureau has put a statue of this fictional character in the town.
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