Hogeveen

Hogeveen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, about 2 km south of Hazerswoude-Dorp.

For the town in Drenthe, see Hoogeveen.
The municipality of Hogeveen (1817-1855), in yellow, on an 1868 map of the municipality of Benthuizen.[1]

Hogeveen (then also spelled Hoogeveen) was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with Benthuizen.[2] The municipality was often called "Hoogeveen in Rijnland" to distinguish it from the municipality Hoogeveen in Delfland, also in South Holland.

Hogeveen.

References
  1. J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Benthuizen".
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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