Spaarndam (Haarlem municipality / Haarlemmerliede and Spaarnwoude)
Village, originated at the mouth of the Spaarne in the IJ. A dam in the Spaarne, which was laid here in the first half of the 13th century, was replaced by Floris V in 1285 by a new dam with a spit and lock. In 1328 there is a chapel. After the St. Elisabeth flood (1421), the (High) Spaarndammerdijk was erected and a fishing village developed there...
