Hillegom

Hillegom is a metropolis and municipality in the Bulb Region within the Dutch province of South Holland. The municipality has 21,963 inhabitants 1 January 2019 and has a place of ​​13.48 km² of which 0.60 km² water. There are not any different cores in the municipal limitations. Documents from the 13th and 14th centuries consist of the names Hilleghem, Hildeghem and Hillinghem .

It is positive that the om in Hillegom is a discounted form of heme or vicinity of house. The first element is probably Hilleg a corruption of the private name Hille probably a shortening of the non-public call Hildebert or Hildegard. The which means could then be: huis van Hille corresponding to the name of the vicinity Hillegersberg close to Rotterdam. This is likewise in line with the formation of names of diverse other places within the region, along with neighboring Sassenheim previously Saxnem, that's positioned at the equal seaside barrier and has the meaning residence of Saxo. In each cases, this likely involved personal exploitation.