Mijn houten hart

"Mijn houten hart" (My Wooden Heart) is a song from the Poema's. This article is about the cover by Raffaëla and Paul de Leeuw. It is the second single released from Raffaëla's debut album Raffaëla, released on 9 June 2006. The single version of the song is less successful than her debut single, "Right Here Right Now", which entered almost every Dutch chart at #1, including the official Dutch Top 40.

The single peaked at number eighteen in the Dutch Mega Top 100 Singles Chart. Though Mijn Houten Hart did not enter the Dutch Top 40, it managed to peak at number four in the Dutch Tip Parade, a chart that shows the top 30 tracks that are highly capable of entering the Dutch Top 40. Paul de Leeuw has had over 15 Dutch Top 40-hits, including a number-1-single, two number-2-singles and 2 number-3-singles. For him it was one of his first singles not to enter the Top 40. Mijn Houten Hart is to make part of his new upcoming album Mooi weer een CD.

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Houten

Houten [ˈɦɔutə(n)] ( pronunciation ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.

Population centres

The municipality consists of the following towns:

Houten (town)

The main town in the municipality is Houten, a commuter town about 9 km southeast of Utrecht. On 1 January 2012, the town had 48,314 (CBS) inhabitants. The built-up area was 5.08 km² (1.96 sq mi) in area, and contained 18,451 residences. The slightly larger statistical district of Houten had a population of about 39,100 in 2004.

History of Houten

Remains of a Roman villa have been found in the old centre of Houten, made visible in a street pattern. There used to be a Roman villa on that spot. This building was discovered in the fifties. In the Dark Ages Houten took shape as a rural centre. The area of the municipality of Houten was divided in the so-called 'gerechten' (districts). The names of these districts are still in use: Schonauwen, Wulven, Waijen, Heemstede.

A lot of elements in present-day Houten are reminders of its history. Prominent in the old centre 'Het Oude Dorp' are the Roman Catholic Church (1884) and the Protestant Church (1563). The first accounts of this church date from the ninth century, the oldest parts of the church are probably from the eleventh century. Another prominent building is the restaurant/cafe 'De Engel', already mentioned in the 16th century as a tavern.

Former access roads to the old centre are still recognisable by their names, such as the 'Odijkseweg' and 'Loerikseweg'. Houten had many orchards, but few have survived.