Schellinkhout

Schellinkhout, St. Martinus church

Schellinkhout (West Frisian: Skellinkhout) is a very small town located in the municipality of Drechterland, North Holland at the border of the IJsselmeer, about 3 km southeast of Hoorn in West-Frisia. It received city rights in 1402.

Schellinkhout was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Venhuizen.^[1]

The meandering main road (Dorpsweg) counts 33 corners^[2]

Notable people[]

Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout a Dutch seafarer and explorer, eponym of Jan Mayen
Cornelis Jacobsen Mey a Dutch explorer, captain and fur trader

References[]

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "De geschiedenis van het West-Friese dorp Schellinkhout". www.geschiedenisschellinkhout.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-28.

Coordinates: 52°38′N 5°07′E / 52.633°N 5.117°E / 52.633; 5.117

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

[2] "De geschiedenis van het West-Friese dorp Schellinkhout". www.geschiedenisschellinkhout.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-28.

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