Lelystad

( Listen? / I ) Lelystad is the capital of the Dutch province of Flevoland, not far from Amsterdam. Lelystad had 75,759 inhabitants (1 January 2013).

The municipality includes both a part of the IJsselmeer and the majority of the marker Sea. From the mainland ( Flevoland polder ) leads from the center dike ( dutch Houtribdijk or Markerwaarddijk ) that separates the IJsselmeer from the Marker lake, to Enkhuizen. Also the dike falls in the municipality of Lelystad.

History

Lelystad was founded in 1967. It was named after Cornelis Lely, the initiator of the Zuiderzee. Originally planned name was Flevostad.

Like the rest of Flevoland (except the former islands of Urk and Schokland ) Lelystad was on a polder, ie the sea abgewonnenem country built. The area was dry until 1957. Today Lelystad is just five meters below sea level.

The oldest part of the town is Lelystad - Haven, which covered the area of ​​the island with the pioneer settlement worker, was built from which the dam and therefore exist since the construction of the polder.

Originally Lelystad was planned as a regional center for the entire southern polders. But its isolated location made ​​it difficult this feature from the beginning. Originally namely are composed of Markerwaard, Südflevoland, Ostflevoland and Noordoostpolder in the center of the area of the city. As the southern part of the polder Flevoland Almere dry fell and emerged as Entlastungsort for Randstad, Almere benefited from its proximity to the Randstad, so that in contrast to Almere Lelystad relatively quickly grew.

As yet the Markerwaard was not built then and thus the connection from the west of the region was never trade marks remained the isolated location of Lelystad permanent. Thus, the city is indeed still the main center and the administrative seat of the province of Flevoland, terms of population, but it is far inferior to Almere.

Coat of arms

Description: The golden shield with a black honeycomb pattern, a blue shield with a silver lily.

On the shield rests a golden crown. It is held by two golden red reinforced and gezungten and with red tail comb and well colored fin spruce and silver fischgeschwänzten lions.

Attractions

In the immediate vicinity is the important nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen. Northwest of the city, the shopping center Bataviastad. Right next to it there is a Poldermuseum ( Nieuwland Erfgoedcentrum ) as well as a museum, built and restored in the historic ships using historical methods ( Batavia ). At the airport of Lelystad, the Aviodrome is the last airworthy Douglas DC-2 in the world.

Mayor

Political relations

After the last local elections of March 2010, came to the following distribution of seats in the City Council:

  • PvdA 7 seats
  • VVD 7 seats
  • Inwonerspartij 5 seats
  • ChristianUnion 3 seats
  • CDA 2 seats
  • D66 2 seats
  • Groen Links 2 seats
  • Leefbar Lelystad 2 seats
  • Lelystad concern 2 seats
  • SP 2 seats
  • Stadspartij 1 seats

Traffic

Lelystad is bound by the A6 to the motorway network of the Netherlands. For the East-West transport a A72 was planned, but this project was never realized. A piece of nature is still named after it: Het Zand A72.

There is a rail link to Almere -Amsterdam - Almere and Utrecht. From 2007 to 2012, built at the junction of Lelystad - Kampen - Zwolle. Since the commissioning of the Hanzelijn on December 9, 2012 Lelystad Centrum is no longer the terminus of the Flevolijn. There were plans for a new high-speed connection from Amsterdam in the north of the Netherlands. This would connect Lelystad about Emmeloord with Friesland and Groningen. This plan was rejected by the government in 2006, however.

In addition to the bus and to local regional bus lines connecting there is a quick bus to Emmeloord - Joure Groningen ( Interliner ).

At the moment the airport is equipped only for private planes. However, it is planned that the airport will be transformed as a charter airport to relief for the Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport.

For a short time there was a ferry between Lelystad and Amsterdam.

Special mention deserves the concept of separate roads; the extensive bicycle and pedestrian network in Lelystad is largely separate from the roads for motor traffic. Only directly in the pedestrianized areas, such as the residential areas that separate traffic paths are merged.

Football

Lelystad has three football clubs:

  • VV Unicum
  • SV Batavia
  • SV Lelystad

Religions

Lelystad is very diverse in religious terms. Caused a sensation in the city with its TM- Siddha village. Lelystad has a very fast growing evangelical church, De pijler. The Catholic Church in Lelystad is the only one with a steeple. This was funded by the municipality, the church has symbolically paid a florin for it. The PKN community has a partnership with the Evangelical Church of food. The Baptist church has a partnership with the Baptist church in Vienna -Essling. There are also various Reformed churches, evangelical churches and the Salvation Army. Lelystad has three mosques, one is of Surinamese embossing, one of Turkish and a Moroccan of embossing.

Economy

Locals firms are not limited to:

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Charles Zwolsman junior ( born 1979 ), race car driver
  • Boy Waterman ( born 1984 ), football player
  • Daan Brandenburg (* 1987), chess player
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