Almere (lake)

The lake Almere was in the field, which today houses the IJsselmeer is located in the Netherlands.

Name

The name of the inland lake is attributed to Boniface. This drove 753 over the Aelmere, the first syllable Ael can probably be attributed to the eel. At that time, the Almere was probably a freshwater or brackish lake one.

Origin and end

From Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer, the water in the year was still called AD 44 Lacus Flevo in his work De Choreographia. In other sources, also find the name Flevum. The Flevomeer evolved over time to Almere.

A number of factors explain this change was that from the Almere in the Middle Ages saline Zuiderzee was:

  • The rise in sea level as a result of the medieval warm period
  • Peat by the Frisians in West Friesland ( Enkhuizen, Medemblik, etc.), making the fleeces, a connection between Almere and the Wadden Sea was formed
  • Floods such as the Julianenflut 1164 and the All Saints 1170.

Municipality of Almere

The name of the municipality of Almere is derived from this lake.

  • Almere
  • Geography ( Flevoland )
  • Lake in the Netherlands
West Friesland (region) Vlie Mudflat All Saints' Flood (1170)
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