![]() ![]() All the milk produced in the polders in the north was sent by boat through here and many traders settled in the village. Nieuwendam became a successful village, bigger and richer than the local main village of Zunderdorp. A lot of the houses still date from these days, even if they have been given 18th or 19th century facades. In the 17th century the lake on the other side was reclaimed. But to the order of Willem van Oranje the dikes were rebuilt and the village restored. Unfortunately the new village was badly damaged in the 1570's flood and then completely destroyed in the 80 Years' War. So after rebuilding and rescuing the village it was known as the 'new dam' or Nieuwendam. Rebuilding was expensive so the villagers demanded help from the Count of Holland and he said that there were two ways to do it: either they all get together and rebuild it on their own or he would force them all to house soldiers in their homes at their own expense who would watch to make sure that the villagers all get together and rebuild it on their own. ![]() They moved the dam and the village, but again in 1516 the dike broke and once again the village was destroyed. Virtually surrounded by water it wasn't long before the village was drowned in a wild storm. The village once stood much further to the south on a thin stretch of land between the River IJ and a lake to the north called Buikslotermeer and was called Zosenerdam. ![]() We've stumbled out of the 20th century into a lost village, swallowed up by Amsterdam Noord, called Nieuwendam. ![]()
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