Editing Schermer (section)

== History ==
Around 800 AD, the area that was the municipality of Schermer was covered in [[peat]], and a small river called the Schermer flowed through it. Because of peat-digging and storm floods, this small river had by 1250 developed into an inland lake with an open connection with the [[Zuider Zee|Zuyderzee]]. In the 17th century private investors started draining the largest part of the lake, leaving the southern part, the Alkmaardermeer, intact. In 1635, {{convert|47.7|km2|abbr=on}} of polder was drained, whereupon the land was divided among the shareholders. In 1970, the village of [[Zuid- en Noord-Schermer]] was merged into Schermer.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=December 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=February 20, 2007 }}</ref>