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414 Route 45. HOORN.
the walls of which are in some cases adorned with coloured tiles.
A naval battle took place off Hoorn in 1573, in which the Spanish
Admiral Bossu, Stadtholder of Holland, was taken prisoner by the
Netherlanders. Hoorn was the birth-place of Willem Schouten
(4580-1625), who discovered the passage round the S. coast of
America in 1616 and named ‘Cape Horn’ after his native town,
and of Jan Pietersz Coen (1587-1629), the founder of the Dutch
dominion in the East Indies.
In the Kerkplein lie the former St. Jans Gasthuis (1563) and the
Groote Kerk, a modern structure on the site of a medieval church,
which was repeatedly destroyed by fire. — The Kerkstraat leads
hence to the Rodesteen, which contains a bronze Statue of Coen (see
above), by F. Leenhoff (1893). A cheese-market takes place here
on Thursday. The square is surrounded by the Stadhwis (1613),
containing a council-room of the end of the {7th cent. and a few
old pictures (A. J. T. Blankerhoff, Battle in the Zuiderzee in 1573,
with finely carved frame), the Weigh House (1609), and the Proosten-
huis or Tribunal (1632). The West Frisian Museum, in the last-
mentioned building (open 9-6; adm. 25c.), contains paintings by
F. Bol, W. van de Velde the Younger, J. de Baen, J. A. Rotius
(four corporation-pieces), and others, and some old wood-carvings.
The Roman Catholic Church, Groote Noord, near the Rodesteen,
possesses some vestments of the early 16th century. — The Noorder-
kerk and the former Oosterkerk (stained glass of 1620) are also inter-
esting. Near the latter is the Ooster- Poort, a relicof the old town-wall.
From the Rodesteen the Groote Haven-Steeg leads to the Har-
bour, at the entrance of which, on the Zuiderzee, is the Harbour
Tower, an erection of 1531-1652. Thence the Pompsteeg leads to
the Dyke, which affords a fine view of the Zuiderzee (best by even-
ing-light).
Raritway from Hoorn vid Wognum (p. 412) to (43 M., in 8/4 hr.) Medem-
blik (Hétel Het Wapen van Medemblik), with a castle of the 13th cent.
(mow a law-court), the picturesque Koggenhuis (1643), and a church
aay po with a fine tower. — Tramway from Hoorn to Enkhuizen
“/4 r.).
: From Hoorn (Enkhuizen) to Alkmaar and Haarlem (Rotterdam), see
pp. 412, 410.
The railway from Hoorn to Enkhuizen leads through the richest
district in N. Holland (well adapted for cycling). The houses of the
peasants resemble villas; most of them are surrounded by small moats
and communicate with the road by tiny bridges. The intermediate
stations are Blokker, Westwoud, Hoogkarspel, and Bovenkarspel.
36!/o M. Enkhuizen (Hétel Oranjezaal, 9 R. at 2 fl. incl. B.;
Pont van Cleve, 12 R. at 43/4, fl. incl. B.) was once a flourishing
town, which in the 17th cent. possessed 40,000 inhab. and a fleet
of 400 herring-fishing vessels. The population is now 7800 only,
and not a single fishing-smack remains. The Drommedaris tower,
a relic of the old fortitications, dates from 1540. The Zuiderkerk, |
