Zuid-Schalkwijk

Zuid-Schalkwijk is a hamlet in Haarlem, Kennemerland, North Holland. Zuid-Schalkwijk is situated nearby to the village Cruquius, as well as near the neighborhood Landgoed Wickevoort.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum De Cruquius and Fort bij Heemstede.

Museum De Cruquius

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.

Fort bij Heemstede

Fort

Photo: Hanno Lans, CC BY 2.0.

Fort Vijfhuizen

Fort

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.

Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart which surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cruquius and Heemstede.

Cruquius

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Cruquius is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 4 km northwest of Hoofddorp.

Heemstede

Town

Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest municipalities of the Netherlands.

Schalkwijk

Quarter

Schalkwijk is the largest borough of Haarlem, Netherlands. It has about 30.000 inhabitants, and covers about 25% of the municipality of Haarlem. Until 1963, Schalkwijk was a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude.

Zuid-Schalkwijk

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Haarlem, Netherlands
Categories: buurtschap and locality
Location: Haarlem, Kennemerland, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.34403° or 52° 20′ 39″ north

Longitude

4.64347° or 4° 38′ 37″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

9F468JVV+J9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3130070771

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2743660

Wikidata ID

Q2906134

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Zuid-Schalkwijk” goes by many names.

Chinese: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”
Dutch: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”
French: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”
Luxembourgish: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”
Min Nan Chinese: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”
Slovenian: “Zuid-Schalkwijk”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Landgoed Wickevoort and Schalkwijk Midden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Zipline and Haarlemsche Jachtwerf.

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