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is a municipality and a town in the
Netherlands , in the province of
Utrecht .
Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river
Eem .
Eemnes-Buiten received
City Rights in
1345 ; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in
1439 .
Until 1932, when the
Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the
North Sea , the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called "waaien" or "wielen". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them "geological monuments" in June 2005.
