Dordrecht

( Listen? / I ) Dordrecht is a city and municipality of the Dutch province of South Holland and counted on 1 January 2013 as declared by the CBS 118 528 inhabitants. Dordrecht is located about twenty kilometers south-east of Rotterdam. Their total area is 99.45 km ². It is the third largest city in the province and around the arm of the Rhine Beneden Merwede splits into the Noord channel, the Oude Maas and the Dordtse Kil. The " Three Rivers Eck" in the north of the island of Dordrecht is the busiest waterway in the Netherlands.

The urban area extends over the whole island of Dordrecht, while the core area of ​​the city located in the north west.

In addition to shipyards find wood and metal processing industry as well as a smaller port in the city.

The city is located on the German - Dutch holiday road Orange Route.

History

Dordrecht received its town charter in 1220, making the city the oldest in the former Holland (but not in the Netherlands) is. 1421 were flooded with the Saint Elisabeth flood large parts of southern Holland, causing Dordrecht was to the island. The strategically valuable location of the city, which also had a stack of law, made from about 1299 into an important trading center. Trade goods at the place were wine, wood and grain. The Hanseatic knew multiple political success to put pressure on the trade center of Bruges with the location of Dordrecht.

15-16. July 1572 were representatives of most cities in the Netherlands in Dordrecht, in the building " Het Hof " together. There they made William of Orange as its leader and declared their independence from Spain. These Dordrecht national assembly marked the start of the Dutch struggle for independence. 1618/1619 was held in Dordrecht Dordrecht Synod as an important religious gathering of the two Reformed churches of the Netherlands held to discuss the Statenvertaling, the first Dutch translation of the Bible. 1632 was decided at a meeting convened by the Dutch Mennonite Dordrecht Synod the Confession. In the 18th century the importance of Dordrecht in favor of Rotterdam was significantly reduced.

Through the centuries, Dordrecht has played a key role in the defense of Holland. Until well into the 20th century Dordrecht was a garrison town. In the Benthienkazerne along the Oude Maas pioneers were stationed. During the mobilization in August 1939, teams were sent to Dordrecht to defend the island. During the Second World War Dordrecht and its surroundings, the center of battles in 1944/ 1945. The line between liberated and occupied territory at the time was the Hollands Diep. 1970 common Dordrecht finished the previously independent place Dubbeldam one, and which is located on the island of Dordrecht part of the ( preserved ) community Sliedrecht.

Coat of arms

"On the red shield with the white pile rests a golden crown. Supporters are two golden grip with silver claws. "

Attractions

  • The river quay and the Groothoofds Gate
  • The Gothic Grote Kerk ( " Great Church " ) with an unfinished tower that you can climb
  • Channels
  • Merchant houses, including the Museum " Simon van Gijn ", decorated in the style of the late 19th century, with art and curio collections
  • "Het Hof", a former Augustinian monastery, later court of the governor, now cultural
  • Dordrecht Museum, with some very important paintings from the 17th to 19th century: served until 2009 as an alternate address many paintings from the 19th century, from the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, which has been restored at that time
  • Gabled houses in the Wijnstraat ( " wine road "); many harbor an antique shop or a used bookstore
  • To the south and east of the city is the National Park De Biesbosch, a wetland

Gallery

Grote Kerk

Church: Grote Kerk

Groothoofdspoort

Het Hof

Statue of Brothers de Witt

Pottenkade next to the Grote Kerk

Windmill Kyck over the Dyck

Dordrecht Museum

Place: Scheffersplein

Port

Town hall

Twinning

Dordrecht maintains with the following cities twinning:

  • Germany Recklinghausen, Germany, since 1974
  • United Kingdom Hastings, United Kingdom
  • Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria
  • Cameroon Bamenda, Cameroon
  • South Africa Dordrecht, South Africa

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Bartholomeus Assteyn ( 1607-1669/77 ), painter
  • Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp (1620-1691), painter
  • Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672), politician
  • Johan de Witt (1625-1672), brother of Cornelis, politicians, Grand Pensionary 1653-1672
  • Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678), painter
  • Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), painter
  • Aert de Gelder (1645-1727), painter
  • Ahasuerus van den Berg (1733-1807), Reformed theologian and poet
  • Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), French engraver and sculptor
  • Willem Kes (1856-1934), first chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Nicolaas Bloembergen (* 1920), American physicist
  • Kees Van Der Pijl ( b. 1947 ), political scientist
  • Lucas Hartong (* 1963), politician
  • Heijboer Mathieu ( b. 1982 ), cyclist
  • Eelco Sintnicolaas (* 1987), Athlete
  • Evander Sno (* 1987), football player

Film

  • " Dordrecht, Holland's oldest city " - Reportage from 1926, digitized by the Dutch Institute for Image and Sound, a total of 26 minutes ( Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 in the Internet Archive )
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