Viewpoint Kerfwetering

Viewpoint Kerfwetering overlooks a wide water, the Kerfwetering. The name may have been derived from 'notch' (incision) and watering. The Gravekoop polder was mined in about 1300 and after only 40 years it experienced flooding due to clumping and oxidation of the peat. William II, Count of Holland, had already established polder authorities in 1250 and in 1337 the board of Gravekoop asked to be allowed to dig a drainage ditch (watering).
Realizing that the lakes did not exist at that time, the water was drained to the Hollandsche IJssel via polders Roggebroek and Steyn. Around 1600, problems arose again due to subsidence. The Dubbelverlaat lock was built in the Breevaart, a lock with two exits each with its own mill, one for Reeuwijk and one for Sluipwijk. There were farms on the Kerfwetering, mainly accessible by water. The access by land went with long paths to the Lecksdijk. The last remaining farm, and therefore one of the oldest, can still be found at Lecksdijk 22, 'Hofstede aan de Kerfwetering'.
Between 1700 and 1900 the puddles were created by dyeing and many old drainage channels and farms have disappeared.

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