Enkhuizen

The small city of Enkhuizen is an old Dutch harbour town, and one of the most prominent ones of the Dutch Golden Age. It lost its trade position by the late 17th century, due to the wars with England, the silting of its waters and the rise of , but maintained much of its historic grandeur.
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  • Type: Town with 18,500 residents
  • Description: city and municipality in North Holland, the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 1601 and 1602
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Drommedaris and Enkhuizen railway station.

City gate
Photo: Pbech, Public domain.
The is the southern gateway of the Dutch city Enkhuizen. It is the best known building in Enkhuizen.

Railway station
Enkhuizen is a terminus railway station in Enkhuizen, . The station opened on 6 June 1885 and is located at the end of the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway.

Museum
Photo: Malis, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andijk and Bovenkarspel.

is securely hidden behind the broad back of the . It is a typical West Frisian rural community, on the dike. Life here revolves around the water that the inhabitants have been passionately protecting against for centuries; at the same time they make clever use of it.

Village
is a town in the municipality of in the province of . Situated in the West Friesland region, is known for its agricultural heritage, particularly its historical ties to horticulture and flower cultivation.

Village
is a town in the province of . It is located in the municipality of . was a separate municipality until 1979. The town directly borders to the east and to the west. is situated 4½ km west of Enkhuizen.

Enkhuizen

Latitude
52.7036° or 52° 42′ 13″ north
Longitude
5.2901° or 5° 17′ 24″ east
Population
18,500
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ENK
Open location code
9F47P73R+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240765974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2756077
Wiki­data ID
Q9918
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Enkhuizen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Enkhuizen
  • Arabic: إنكهاوزن
  • Aragonese: Enkhuizen
  • Armenian: Էնկհաուզեն
  • Asturian: Enkhuizen
  • Balinese: Enkhuizen
  • Basque: Enkhuizen
  • Belarusian: Энкхёйзен
  • Breton: Enkhuizen
  • Catalan: Enkhuizen
  • Cebuano: Enkhuizen
  • Cebuano: Gemeente Enkhuizen
  • Chinese: Enkhuizen
  • Chinese: 恩克赫伊曾
  • Chinese: 恩克赫伊森
  • Croatian: Enkhuizen
  • Czech: Enkhuizen
  • Danish: Enkhuizen
  • Dutch: Enkhuizen (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Enkhuizen
  • Dutch: gemeente Enkhuizen
  • Dutch: Gemeente Enkhuizen
  • Egyptian Arabic: انكهاوزن
  • Esperanto: Enkhuizen
  • Finnish: Enkhuizen
  • French: Enkhuizen
  • Galician: Enkhuizen
  • German: Enkhuizen
  • German: Henkhuze
  • German: Henkhúze
  • Greek: Ενκόιζεν
  • Hebrew: אנקהאוזן
  • Hungarian: Enkhuizen
  • Indonesian: Enkhuizen
  • Irish: Enkhuizen
  • Italian: Enkhuizen
  • Japanese: エンクフイゼン
  • Japanese: エンクホイゼン
  • Javanese: Enkhuizen
  • Korean: 엥크하위전
  • Kurdish: Enkhuizen
  • Limburgan: Enkhuizen
  • Limburgan: Enkhuze
  • Lithuanian: Enkheizenas
  • Low German: Enkhuizen
  • Low German: Enkhuzen
  • Luxembourgish: Enkhuizen
  • Malay: Enkhuizen
  • Min Nan Chinese: Enkhuizen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Enkhuizen
  • Norwegian: Enkhuizen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Enkhuizen
  • Persian: انک‌هایزن
  • Polish: Enkhuizen
  • Portuguese: Enkhuizen
  • Romanian: Enkhuizen
  • Russian: Энкхёйзен
  • Saterfriesisch: Inkhuzen
  • Serbo-Croatian: Enkhuizen
  • Silesian: Enkhuizen
  • Slovenian: Enkhuizen
  • Spanish: Encusa
  • Spanish: Enkhuizen
  • Swedish: Enkhuizen
  • Turkish: Enkhuizen
  • Ukrainian: Енкгейзен
  • Venetian: Enkhuizen
  • Vietnamese: Enkhuizen
  • Vlaams: Enkhuyzn
  • Volapük: Enkhuizen
  • Waray (Philippines): Enkhuizen
  • Welsh: Enkhuizen
  • Western Frisian: Inkhuzen
  • Zeeuws: Enkhuizen
  • Zeeuws: Enkuuzen

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