Noorder

Noorder-Koggenland pronunciation is a former municipality within the West-Friesland location inside the Dutch province of Noord-Holland. On 1 August 2006, the municipality had 10,582 inhabitants source: CBS and had an area of fifty one km². The municipality turned into created on January 1, 1979 with the aid of merging the municipalities of Abbekerk, Midwoud, Opperdoes, Sijbekarspel and Twisk and the village of Hauwert until then belonging to the municipality of Nibbixwoud. On January 1, 2007 , the municipality merged with the municipalities of Medemblik and Wognum within the new municipality of Medemblik . The municipality name refers back to the ancient northern Koggen from the Middle Ages, in this example the Vier Noorder Koggen , historically referred to as the Houtwouderambacht or Hoogwouderambacht.

The location of this craftsmanship in part corresponds to the municipality that became created in 1979. Such a cog or cogge commonly consisted of 4 or five villages or bans and changed into a jurisdiction. The flag of the municipality refers to the layout of the flat-bottomed boats that were used in time of battle. In these ships about ten men according to belt belt wide variety were capable. The flat-bottomed ships of the cog were additionally referred to as Coggeshepen, and were divided into two times 5 belts, that means that 100 armed men ought to enter.