- Krimpen aan de Lek
Krimpen aan de Lek is a town on the
Lek River in the municipalityNederlek , provinceSouth Holland , theNetherlands . It has 6600 inhabitants in 2004.The name "Krimpen" comes from the archaic word "Krempener", meaning "river crossing". Therefore Krimpen aan de Lek means "Crossing on the Lek".
Krimpen aan de Lek is a quiet and scenic village with 3 elementary schools.
Krimpen aan de Lek was a separate municipality until 1985, when it merged with
Lekkerkerk to create the new municipality ofNederlek . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/krimpen.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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