Wognum
Village, originated in the 11th century as peat extraction. Together with Wadway, Nibbixwoud and Hauwert it got in 1414 from count Willem VI - purely administrative - city rights. A ribbon development formed at the Raadhuisstraat and the Kerkstraat at right angles to it, where the Catholic Church also arose in the 19th century. After the Second Wor...