Blaricum is a municipality and village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is known for its many monumental farm buildings, local cafes and restaurants, nature, several annual community events and extensive up-market residential areas. Blaricum is Woods, heather, beach, water, a beautiful historic center, spacious villas, the Bijvanck and a great new location in the Blaricummer Meent. Blaricum in the field of live and recreate all the throw so appealing.
Blaricum Originally a settlement of farmers, who lived in sod huts and simple peasant houses. In the tenth century or even earlier, established the first people in the Blaricum heath and woodland. The region was then called Naerdincklandt. Later that Gooiland.
History of Blaricum
Settlement of poor peasants to attractive recreational and commuter town. The history of Blaricum reads like a novel.
The first inhabitants mined the wasteland for farming, with livestock on the common weed and sheep on the moor. The farmers were engaged in turf for stabbing the cattle barn and the sowing and harvesting akkertjes. Many centuries of agricultural production was the main livelihood in the villages Gooise. Blaricum grew into a pretty green village, which until 1920 managed to retain original agricultural character and still known as the prettiest village of the region. Blaricum is based on its agricultural past to model the erfgooiers, in the struggle for daily existence had to compete against wild nature, rulers and many harsh attacks.
Blaricum 1790
"Blaricum Gooise villages of all the least prosperous. There is therefore little about the town interesting to say. The last one hundred years the wealth has barely increased. The latest census counts Blaricum 108 houses, one less than the 1732 census. We estimate the number of homes currently on no more than 100. This farmer shelters are occupied by nearly five hundred people, almost all are Roman Catholic. There is also a Reformed church with very few members. On the governance of the city we can be brief. People have their own affairs as village administration, but when it comes to justice is carried in collaboration with the board of Laren. The inhabitants live off the land to harvest, the women sit at the wheel.
How insignificant village Blaricum is, it lies in a paradise setting. At fifteen minutes walk away is the famous Table Mountain, as a variety of vantage point views and which constitutes the sensitive eye of the visitor so charmed that he in awe of the power of the Creator of Nature intends.
The nature lovers, who take the trouble - travel funds for the village are not - to visit the village by the Creator so richly rewarded for their efforts. "
Source: The Dutch city and dorpbeschrijver (1790).
Discovered
Around 1875, the discovery of the Gooi in particular Blaricum. Artists, writers, poets, intellectuals and wealthy Amsterdammers sought refuge there. This changed the community.
The lifestyle of non-Mers Blaricum was different from the original population. Around Blaricum, the heathen and narrow in many places changed in the spacious villa buildings. To maintain the unique village character is the core of Blaricum in 1967 designated as protected village within the meaning of the monument.
The latest major change in the social structure dates from 1973. Then the district Bijvanck built to meet the housing needs. The ongoing industrialization and urbanization reduced the number of farms.
The name Blaricum
The first mention of Blaricum in the archives dating back by Dr AJC Vrank the Richer of 1343. The name may be explained by the composition of the individual Bladheri name with the suffix and the word Inga heme (domicile). The geographical dictionaries provide further names Blaercom, Blarikom Blisters and to indicate to the village.
During the organization of the local government went to Blaricum Imperial Decree of October 21, 1811 and was terziele Laren Blaricum with a municipality. By Royal Decree of December 13, 1815 Blaricum was a separate municipality. The installation of a municipality had to wait until April 3, 1817. Meanwhile Blaricum since the Batavian Republic for more than 20 mayors had.
The municipality Blaricum exists alongside the old village from the districts and Bijvanck Crailo. The name probably means Kraaienbos Crailo. It was the name of a homestead therein with over 50 hectares. This homestead was purchased on June 16, 1628 by Kilian van Rensselaer, a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, who was a country seat. The name means Bijvanck enclosed area, also booked in the rural areas. The district Bijvanck is realized in the former Eastern Meent Blaricum. The word means considers common pasture, arable means scary. Many street names recall the erfgooiersverleden Blaricum.
Municipality weapon
The weapon of Blaricum was April 14, 1897 the Crown granted to the municipality. The formal description of the weapon states: "In silver, pulled out a plant with three flowers of cornflower sapphire stone, the stem and root of vert.
The three blue cornflowers on a silver field in the arms remind the agrarian past.
