Loenen
Loenen (
Loenen | |
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Former municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 52°13′N 5°1′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | Stichtse Vecht |
| Area (2006) | |
| • Total | 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 25.00 km2 (9.65 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| • Total | 8,222 |
| • Density | 329/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www.loenen.nl |
Population centres
The former municipality of Loenen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and districts:
- Loenen (aan de Vecht) (main town)
- Loenersloot
- Mijnden
- Nieuwerhoek
- Nieuwersluis
- Nigtevecht
- Vreeland
History
The earliest traceable mention of the game of golf refers to a game played in Loenen aan de Vecht. In his book Early Golf, Steven van Hengel describes how the game of "Colf" or "Kolf" was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg. The players had to hit the castle door in as few strikes as possible from the Court House by hitting a ball with a stick.
gollark: Annoyingly, traders only seem to want yellow and pink zyumorphs. I caught a blue one.
gollark: I suppose you can turn the 3Gs you sell into a moneypile.
gollark: Are you planning to sell it on?
gollark: Ezio: nebula in desert.
gollark: The number of available codes grows exponentially with each extra character, so we'll be fine for ages.
References
- "Historische Kring Loenen". Utrecht Altijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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