Delfshaven

Delfs Haven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of the Nieuwe Maas. The district with 70 290 inhabitants on 5.80 km ² evolved from the river port of the city about 13 kilometers to the north of Delft, was from 1811 onwards an independent city and belongs since 1886 to Rotterdam, with which it is completely grown together.

History

The Port of Delfshaven is no longer in active operation, but serves as a museum harbor. It is surrounded by numerous museums and renovated old town houses so Delfshaven one of the few areas of Rotterdam is, who still have an intact old town. Main attractions are the pilgrim Church, in this her last service celebrated before departure, the monument to Captain Piet Heyn, Scheepswerf De Delft on the ship De Delft is true to the original from 1773 and De Dubbelde Palm boom, the Museum of Rotterdam history. Due to a large number of bars and restaurants has collected there.

The harbor was built 1389th Delft, which has no direct connection to the sea, 13 km south of the city created a port to participate directly in the maritime trade and can no longer having to pay the Rotterdam customs duties and charges. A necessary condition for this was the construction of the rail Delfshavense, a channel to the Delft Nieuwe Maas anband. The city suffered under the hook - and - cod - war and could only prosper economically in the early 15th century.

The main industries were fishing, whaling, shipbuilding and Genever distillery. The Dutch East India Company had important shipyards in the district. In July 1620 left a part of the Pilgrim Fathers Delfshaven with the Speedwell.

A special even for Rotterdam, the high proportion of allochthonous population; Add Delfshaven it is 71.5 % in the district of clips as much as 87 %. The largest groups in it are Turks, Moroccans and Surinamese, set the per about 20 % of the population.

Pictures

Port Delfshaven 2011

De Dubbelde Palm Boom

Mill: de Disteleerketel