Berkhout


Berkhout is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is in the municipality of Koggenland, North Holland, about west of Hoorn.

History

The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Berchout, and means "deciduous forest of birch trees". Berkhout developed in the 13th century as a peat excavation village.
The Dutch Reformed church is a T-shaped church in Renaissance Revival style built in 1884. The titittower(= was added in 1886.
Berkhout was home to 766 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1979 when it was merged into Wester-Koggenland. In 2007, it became part of the municipality of Koggenland.

Notable people