Village in North Holland, Netherlands
Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands , in the municipality of Bloemendaal . Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem . A few kilometres to the west of the town lies the Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal (Honorary Cemetery), where many Second World War victims have been reburied, including resistance fighter Hannie Schaft , sculptor and resistance leader Gerrit van der Veen , banker and resistance member Walraven van Hall , Physician and former Wehrmacht officer Karl Gröger , and sculptor and resistance member Johan Limpers . The town is connected to rail service by the Overveen railway station which opened in 1881 on the Haarlem to Zandvoort railway line.[ 3]
Landmarks
Lonbar Petrilaan 28, in the Kweekduin neighborhood, was built in 1956-57 by noted Dutch architect Gerard Holt . Its garden, designed by Mien Ruys , was the first bielzentuin in the Netherlands. The house is on the list of municipal monuments .[ 4]
Gallery
The Bloemendaal
town hall in Overveen
Supermarket
Office building
Catholic church
References
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