Uitgeest

Geschiedenis

Uitgeest is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Population centresThe municipality of Uitgeest consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assum, Busch en Dam, Groot Dorregeest, Uitgeest.425pxDutch topographic map of the municipality of Uitgeest, June 2015Local governmentThe municipal council of Uitgeest consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows: Progressief Uitgeest - 4 seats CDA - 2 seats UVP - 2 seats PvdA - 2 seats VVD - 2 seats D66 - 3 seatTourist informationNo less than five windmills can be seen in the polder landscape surrounding the village. Uitgeest was the birthplace (in 1550) of Cornelis Corneliszoon, inventor of the wind-powered sawmill. An industrial heritage park, centered on sawmill De Hoop, is under construction.The village has a Reformed church dating back to the early 14th Century and lakeside marina. The outdoor kart-racing track of 670m had to make room for development of houses, so one tourist attraction has been lost. Fort along Den Ham (between Uitgeest and Krommenie) was one of the 42 forts of the Stelling van Amsterdam, a 19th-century ring of fortifications around Amsterdam which has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fort is now a museum open to the public on Sundays.