Editing Hoofddorp (section)

== Landmarks ==
Hoofddorp is a relatively young town and therefore has few historical buildings. In 2008, Hoofddorp had 26 [[municipality|municipal]], [[province|provincial]] and [[national monument]]s.

In the late nineteenth century Hoofddorp was included in the [[Stelling van Amsterdam|Defense Line of Amsterdam]].<ref name="stelling">[http://www.stelling-amsterdam.org/english/index.htm The Defence Line of Amsterdam], retrieved 24 January 2007.</ref> A [[fort]] was built next to the main canal, two [[artillery battery|batteries]] were located in what are now the outskirts of Hoofddorp, and several [[casemate]]s were built to the east of Hoofddorp. A large dike known as the ''Geniedijk'' (Engineers' dike) connected the fort at Hoofddorp to the batteries and the casemates, and ultimately to the fort at [[Vijfhuizen]] in the west and the fort at [[Aalsmeer]] in the east.

Hoofddorp has nine national monuments. The mill [[De Eersteling (corn mill)|De Eersteling]] on the Hoofdweg is a round [[corn mill]] from [[1856]] and was built in the centre of Hoofddorp by Dirk David van Dijk.<ref name="Eersteling">[http://www.eersteling.com/ Home page of mill "De Eersteling"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322032541/http://eersteling.com/ |date=2018-03-22 }}, retrieved 27 March 2008.</ref> It was called "De Eersteling" (literally translated''The First''). Due to increased building around the mill it eventually fell into disuse.. It was originally located on the Kruisweg in the old centre of Hoofddorp, but was moved in its entirety by trailer in [[1977]] and is now located near Fort Hoofddorp. It has operated regularly from that time and is now open to the public.

The Witte Boerderij on the Hoofdweg is a [[Kop-hals-rompboerderij|kop-rompboerderij]] from 1860 and is a good example of a Haarlemmermeer farm from the early days of the polder. The Witte Boerderij is now home to the ''Stichting Meer-Historie''.

Other monuments include the [[Old Town Hall (Haarlemmermeer)|Old Town Hall]] from 1867, the District Court from 1911 and the [[Polderhuis (Hoofddorp)|Polderhuis]] of the Haarlemmermeer from 1913. The latter was built to a design by architect [[Foeke Kuipers]] in a historicizing architectural style that harks back to 17th-century Dutch classicism. Another monument is [[Marktzicht]], formerly the center of Hoofddorp's market activities.

The [[Geniedijk]] runs through Hoofddorp, part of the [[Defense Line of Amsterdam]]. This defense line is on the [[World Heritage List]] of [[UNESCO]]. [[Fort bij Hoofddorp|Fort Hoofddorp]] is located in that dike.

[[File:Zij aanzicht raadhuis Hoofddorp.jpg|thumb|The now demolished town hall of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in Hoofddorp]]
[[File:Tijdelijk raadhuis gemeente Haarlemmermeer.jpg|thumb|The temporary town hall of the [[Haarlemmermeer|Haarlemmermeer municipality]] located on Taurusavenue]]

=== Historical Museum ===
The ''Historical Museum Haarlemmermeer'' can be found on the Bosweg (ex-Kruisweg). The museum has all sorts of things to find about the history of the [[Haarlemmermeer]]. Among other things, it has objects related to the draining. The museum is located in part of the old Mentzhoeve farm. This farm from 1860 resembles a Limburg farm in the sense that all the buildings were built around a courtyard. The Mentzhoeve is the only farm of this type in the Haarlemmermeer.