Aardenburg

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Aardenburg (formerly also Rodenburg ) is a town in the Dutch municipality of Sluis in the province of Zeeland. The town has 2423 inhabitants and is situated close to the border with Belgium. Aardenburg was a separate municipality until 1995, which was then merged with the municipality of Sluis Sluis - Aardenburg to the new community. Their main village Aardenburg. 2003 merged Sluis - Aardenburg with the community Oostburg to the municipality of Sluis.

History

Aardenburg is on the foundations of the Roman fort " Castellum Radannum ". This left 170, the Roman governor of the province of Gallia Belgica, Didius Julianus, 170 built.

The city was on the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries significantly because of the cloth manufacturing and member of the Hanseatic League. 1280 moved the German Hanseatic merchants their Handelsaktivititäten for two years after Aardenburg because they were discriminated against on the venue Bruges.

Troops from Ghent destroyed it in 1383; after the conquest in 1604 by Maurice of Nassau, the city was reduced by two thirds.

Attractions

In Aardenburg is with the " Sint- Bavo church " a well-preserved relic of the Scheldt Gothic style. She is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.