title: Obdam
text: # Obdam
  
  Obdam (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a village and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Wester-Koggenland to form the new municipality of Koggenland.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  The area of the former municipality of Obdam consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam, Wogmeer (partly).
  
  ## Train services
  
  These services currently (2014), depart for Hoorn, from platform 1, at xx.15 and xx.45 minutes past the hour. Travel time to Amsterdam is just 55 minutes.
  
  ## Chronology
  
  * 1503 - The van Duvenvoorde family becomes the Lordship of the town.
  * 1610 - Birth of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer
  * 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name and becomes Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer
  * 1665 - Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam dies during a sea battle with the English while being the captain of a Dutch vessel.
  * 1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the towns of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.
  * 2007 - The Obdam municipal merges into municipal Koggenland
  * Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam by Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld
  
  ## Local government
  
  Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:
  
  * CDA - 5 seats
  * Gemeente Partij Obdam - 4 seats
  * PvdA - 2 seats
  * VVD - 2 seats
  