Marken

Marken (; Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,730 as of 2024, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist attraction.

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Settlement.name: Marken
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Kerkbuurt 20150413.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Marken in 2015
Settlement.image_flag: Marker vlag.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Marken-wapen.svg
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Settlement.map_caption1: Top: location of the municipality of Waterland in North Holland and the Netherlands. Bottom: location of Marken in Waterland. -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Marker
Population: 1745
Area: 2.71
Image: Kerkbuurt 20150413.jpg
Width: 1.7
Length: 3.3
Dialing code: 0299

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Commons category: Marken
postal code: 1156
P8168: Jan Pronk

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==History== ===Early years=== Until 1164, the area that is now Marken was connected to the mainland. It was located in the east of the low peatland of , on the border with Lake Flevo. The name Marken means "borderland," referring to it forming the boundary between the water and the peat. In 1164, the Saint Juliana flood (also known as the Jurriaan flood) engulfed the land around Marken, turning it into an island. Due to this and subsequent floods in the 12th and 13th centuries, the North Sea advanced further and further, and the Lake Flevo eventually became the Zuiderzee.