Village in North Holland, Netherlands
Spierdijk is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Alkmaar.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1365 as Spierdijck, and is a combination a long reed stick and dike.[4] Spierdijk developed on the edge of the Wogmeer as a peat excavation village.[5]
The Catholic St Georgius Church is a three aisled cruciform church with needle spire which was built between 1849 and 1850.[5]
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