Monnickendam

History

Monnikendam was also the name of a number of warships built at the port of the same name during the Anglo-Dutch Wars. The town was founded by monks, the name Monnickendam translates as 'Monk's dam'. Monnickendam was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged into Waterland. Although it is a small fishing village today, it was an important port in earlier centuries. It possesses a seventeenth-century weigh house, once used by merchants and port officials, and a bell tower that dates from 1591. The fourteenth century church of St. Nicholas, renovated in 1602, is particularly notable. The synagogue was built in 1894. Jewish families named Monnikendam trace their roots to this town. The town was the site of an artist's colony in the early twentieth century.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  39,723
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  39,383
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  36,076
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  30,989
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  29,715
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  29,161
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  28,298
• Eurasian Moorhen

  Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  27,361

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2008-10-11
  19 km WNW of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
• M 3.7 — 2001-09-12
  54 km WNW of Petten, Netherlands
• M 3.4 — 2001-09-10
  10 km W of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
• M 3.8 — 2001-09-09
  7 km W of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands