Benthuizen
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Benthuizen is a village in the municipality of Rijnwoude in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The village is located to the north of Zoetermeer.
Benthuizen has about 3.000 inhabitants and has a long history that goes back to the begining of the 12th century, it was then that the village was described for the first time. Untill 1991 Benthuizen was an independent municipality in that year the municipality became part of the larger municipality Rijneveld. In 1993 the name was changed to Rijnwoude.
The HSL-Zuid being constructed passes Benthuizen on the eastern side. Also the new Bentwoud (forest) is planted to the east of Benthuizen.
Benthuizen has several buildings that are officially designated monuments. One of these is the historic windmill known as molen de Haas.
External link
- map (http://www.plattegronden.nl/benthuizen/index.html)nl:Benthuizen