Den Helder. Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base.From here the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north.
Before the year 1928 the official name of Den Helder was Helder. The origin of the name Helder is not entirely clear.
The name Helder may have come from Helle/Helde, which means hill or hilly grounds, or from Helre, which means a sandy ridge. Another explanation is that the name derived from Helsdeur, likely because in the water between Den Helder and Texel the current was so strong that many ships were lost.
Huisduinen was the original older part of the city, whereas Helder itself was a nearby smaller hamlet. When a harbour was built near Helder the village began to grow and later became the seat of governance instead of Huisduinen. Due to its strategic location at the tip of the North Holland peninsula, multiple fortifications were built in the area. Den Helder has played an important part in Dutch shipping. During the Dutch Golden Age, ships would be assembled near Den Helder and sail the world's oceans from there. On 23January 1795, the French captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns in the town's deep-frozen harbour.
Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base.From here the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north.
Before the year 1928 the official name of Den Helder was Helder. The origin of the name Helder is not entirely clear.
The name Helder may have come from Helle/Helde, which means hill or hilly grounds, or from Helre, which means a sandy ridge. Another explanation is that the name derived from Helsdeur, likely because in the water between Den Helder and Texel the current was so strong that many ships were lost.
Huisduinen was the original older part of the city, whereas Helder itself was a nearby smaller hamlet. When a harbour was built near Helder the village began to grow and later became the seat of governance instead of Huisduinen. Due to its strategic location at the tip of the North Holland peninsula, multiple fortifications were built in the area. Den Helder has played an important part in Dutch shipping. During the Dutch Golden Age, ships would be assembled near Den Helder and sail the world's oceans from there. On 23January 1795, the French captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns in the town's deep-frozen harbour.
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