Wijnbergshofje

The Wijnbergshofje is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Barrevoetstraat. It was founded in 1662 by the Mennonite Church. It was renovated in 1872 and contains 9 houses for pensioners.

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Type: Historic site
Description: hofje in Haarlem
Also known as: “‘t Wijnbergshofje”, “rijksmonumentnummer 18915”, and “rijksmonumentnummer 513351”
Address: Barrevoetenstraat 4

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hofje van Loo and Brouwershofje.

Hofje van Loo

Garden

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The Hofje van Loo is a hofje on the Barrevoetstraat 7 in Haarlem, Netherlands. It was founded in 1489 by Haarlem mayor Symon Pieterszoon van Loo and his wife Godelt Willemsdochter, on the Grebbesteeg 'purely to honor and rest the souls of their parents and themselves' by funding 13 rooms with gardens to be administered by the 'gasthuismeesters' of the St. Elisabeth Gasthuis nearby.

Brouwershofje

Garden

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The Brouwershofje is a hofje on the Tuchthuisstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem

Library

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The Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem is a collective name for all public libraries in the Haarlem area of the Netherlands. The first public library of Haarlem opened in 1921 at the cloisters of the Haarlem City Hall where the academic library had been since 1821. Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem is situated 100 metres east of Wijnbergshofje.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Overveen and Schalkwijk.

Overveen

Village

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Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes.

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. Schalkwijk is situated 3 km southeast of Wijnbergshofje.

Heemstede

Town

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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. Heemstede is situated 3 km south of Wijnbergshofje.

Wijnbergshofje

Categories: hofje, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Haarlem, Kennemerland, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.37992° or 52° 22′ 48″ north

Longitude

4.62983° or 4° 37′ 47″ east

Open location code

9F469JHH+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 404688505

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

Wikidata ID

Q2743529

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Igbo—“Wijnbergshofje” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Wijnbergshofje”
Igbo: “Wijnbergshofje”

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