Badhoevedorp in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
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Farm
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 6, 2024
1. Hoeve / Farm Marker
Note the URL provided on the marker does not lead to anything in in English, or to anything having to do with any route.
Wat maakt iemand een pionier? Visie, ondernemerschap en durf. Mr. J.P. Amersfoordt, tweede burgemeester van Haarlemmermeer, had deze kwaliteiten. In 1854, toen de polder nog uit natte klei bestond, kocht hij 200 hectare land. Hier vestigde hij een groot, modern landbouwbedrijf: de Badhoeve. De experimentele modelboerderij met de nieuwste machines had veel invloed op de mechanisatie van de Nederlandse landbouw. Samen met zijn vrouw Hermina Maria Dijk, componiste en zangeres, ontving hij hooggeplaatste gasten, waaronder diverse staatshoofden. Een mooi detail: de Badhoeve stond op de plek waar de waterbouwkundige Cruquius de eerste peiling nam voor zijn droogmakingsplan van het Haarlemmermeer.
(English translation:)
Farm
What makes someone a pioneer? Vision, entrepreneurship and courage. Mr. J.P. Amersfoordt, the second mayor of Haarlemmermeer, had these qualities. In 1854, when the polder still consisted of wet clay, he bought 200 hectares of land. Here he established a large, modern agricultural company: the Badhoeve. The experimental model farm with the latest machines had a great influence on the mechanization of Dutch agriculture. Together with his wife Hermina Maria Dijk, composer and singer, he received high-ranking guests, including various heads of state. A nice detail: the Badhoeve stood on the spot where the hydraulic engineer Cruquius took the first sounding for his plan to drain the Haarlemmermeer.
Erected by Haarlemmermeermuseum
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.
Location. 52° 20.432′ N, 4° 47.497′ E. Marker is in Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland (North Holland), in Haarlemmermeer. It is at the intersection of Nieuwemeerdijk and Sloterbrug, on the right when traveling south on Nieuwemeerdijk. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland 1171 GG, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Molen van Sloten / Sloten Windmill (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Het Water / The Water (about 120 meters away); Sloten Netherlands East Indies War Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Dorpsplein / Village Square (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Dorpskerk van Sloten / Sloten Village Church
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 6, 2024
2. Hoeve / Farm Marker - wide view
Also see . . . 10 - Hoeve - De Badhoeve van Amersfoordt (Haarlemmermeermuseum). This marker is one of twenty erected by the museum in the Haarlemmermeer area. The museum provides some additional information, excerpt (in translation):
Amersfoordt saw De Badhoeve as a pilot farm. He wrote about his experiences to advise others, even when the results were negative, and he introduced new agricultural and livestock farming methods and various agricultural machines that contributed to the mechanisation of agriculture in the Netherlands. The enterprise included stables connected by narrow-gauge rails, large (carriage) barns, a riding school (often used as a dining room for groups of visitors and as an emergency hospital during the cholera epidemic in 1866), a smithy, a carpenter's workshop, stone workers' houses and a house built as a mansion, connected to the cowshed via the churn house (cheese factory).(Submitted on December 25, 2024.)
The farm has disappeared, but thechurn house managed by his wife Hermina is still there. The comfortable home was located exactly on the spot where the famous hydraulic engineer Cruquius once took his first sounding for his (unimplemented) reclamation plan. Among the many visitors who were stylishly received at De Badhoeve with pomp and circumstance were various heads of state, including Queen Sophie, the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, Prince Jerτme Napoleon and also Ulysses Grant, former President of the United States.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 6, 20243. Hoeve / Farm Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 113 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 25, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
