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The Anna Paulownapolder is a polder in the municipality of Dutch Crown in the province of North Holland. The polder is over 5000 hectares and forms an important horticultural area, including flower bulbs.
The polder is named after Anna Paulowna of Russia, the gemal of King William II. History
The area where the Anna Paulownapolder lay was already an agricultural area from the seventh to the twelfth century. There followed a flood period after which the region was abandoned.
After the polarization of the Zijpe, in the 16th century, other areas were slowly embedded in the Kop van Noord-Holland. It was not until 1846 that Anna Paulownapolder was finally dried up. For the private Society for Drying the Anna Paulownapolder for this purpose, it was not a success, the soil in the polder proved hard to sell as agricultural land. The cause of this was the salt content of the soil flooded by the sea for centuries. It would take many years before the salt had disappeared from the ground. The society was declared bankrupt in 1848. The area of the new polder was part of the municipality of Zijpe. Only on August 1, 1870, the polder became a separate municipality, named Anna Paulowna.
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