Marken

Marken Mereke
—  Town  —
Marken is known for its characteristic old wooden buildings.
Coat of arms
Marken in the municipality of Waterland.
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Waterland
Population (2004)
• Total	1,846
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Marken is a peninsula in the IJsselmeer, in the Netherlands and a former island in the Zuiderzee, located in the municipality Waterland in the province North Holland. It is the namesake of the Markermeer, the body of water which surrounds it. The former island is nowadays connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. Also, Marken is a well-known tourist attraction, well-known for its characteristic wooden houses. The island and its inhabitants were the subject of considerable ethnographic interest in the late nineteenth century.

Marken was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged into Waterland.

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  Satellite image of Marken

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  The famous lighthouse (Paard van Marken) of Marken

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  Girls in traditional costumes (c. 1900)

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  Fisherman in traditional costume (c. 1900)

A panorama of Marken showing the community of Grote Werf with the village of Marken in the background

See also

• Batavus genuinus

External links

• Map of the municipality Waterland
• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Marken". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.