Assendelft

Assendelft (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑsə(n)ˈdɛl(ə)ft]) is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.[1] However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Assendelft-Krommenie.[2] Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).[3]

For the Dutch sprinter, see Pascal van Assendelft.
Assendelft
Town
The water tower of Assendelft
Coat of arms
Assendelft, in the municipality of Zaanstad
Zaanstad in the Netherlands.
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
MunicipalityZaanstad
Major roadsA8 N8 / N246 N203

The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar. The statistical district of Assendelft, which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 22,500.[4]

The surface area of Assendelft is 3186 hectare.[2]

History

Assendelft is one of the oldest settlements in North Holland, with signs of settlement dating from as early as 500BC. The earliest written form of the name appears as 'Ascmannedilf' in 1063. The name is derived from the old Germanic word for Norsemen, 'Ascomanni'., 'dilf' most likely meaning 'dug by'.

Train services

The town is served by Krommenie-Assendelft railway station. From here, there are four trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 25 minutes.

Rural culture
Assendelfter bantam

Known is the local chicken breed, called "Assendelfter". It is an ancient pencilled breed, related to the pencilled Hamburg chicken.

References
  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  2. "Assendelft [ZaanWiki]". www.zaanwiki.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  3. "Amsterdam (GA)". CBS. 2014. Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam
  4. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1999-04-27. Retrieved 2006-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). As of 1 January 2005.


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