ENKHUIZEN, seaport in the province of North Holland on the Zuider Zee, and a railway terminus, I I z m. N.E. by E. of Hoorn, with which it is also connected by tramway. Pop. (193o) 9,347. Enkhuizen has examples of domestic architecture from the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was an important and flourishing city. Some ruined gateways such as the Dromedary (154o) which overlooks the harbour are still standing. The Zuiderkerk, or South church, has a conspicuous tower (1450-1525). The Westerkerk, or West church, possesses a beautifully carved Renais sance screen and pulpit of the 16th century, and a quaint wooden bell-house (1519. The town hall (1688) contains some finely decorated rooms, a collection of local antiquities and the archives. Other buildings are the orphanage (1616), the weigh-house (1559), the upper story of which was once used by the Surgeons' Gild; the former mint (1611) ; and the ancient assembly-house of the dike-reeves of Holland and West Friesland. Enkhuizen possesses a considerable fishing fleet and has some shipbuilding.