Nederlek

( Listen? / I ) Nederlek is a municipality of the Dutch province of South Holland and counted on 1 January 2013 as declared by the CBS 14,132 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 31.44 km ².

Places

The municipality consists of the two, along river levees incurred, typical Dutch villages Krimpen aan de Lek ( = Krimp [Curve ] at Lek ) and Lekkerkerk ( = church at Lek ), where the municipality is located.

Location and economic

The municipality is located, in a secluded spot, east of Rotterdam in the polder Krimpenerwaard, to the river Lek arms ( to the east ) and North ( to the west ). The two villages live always on agriculture and river transport. Meanwhile, there are also some industry, and have settled commuters who travel daily to their jobs in Rotterdam and the surrounding area only about 12 km away.

History

The two villages during the Middle Ages, when it began the Moore einzupoldern between the Dutch river arms. The St. Elizabeth flood of 1421 made ​​things temporarily destroyed, but you persevered. In the Eighty Years' War and that 1575/1576, the area was temporarily spanish, but was freed again by the Dutch soon. From 1620 to 1668 a farmer to have lived in Lekkerkerk, which was 2:59 meters long and weighed 250 kilograms. He came in a dispute at the fair were killed. Krimpen aan de Lek was from 1714 to 1742 a whaling center. Lekkerkerk 1980 was the first place in the Netherlands, where the soil had to be excavated and replaced with a newly built residential area. It had been heavily used with chemical waste contaminated soil for the construction of the residential area. This toxic waste scandal made ​​a great stir throughout the country.

Attractions

The rural environment mainly attracts bird lovers. Among other things, the former duck cage Bakkerswaal and the river island Small Zaag suitable for "bird - watching". Also beautiful cycling on the narrow dikes and peasant ways are possible.

Pictures

Krimpen ad Lek, Water Tower

Krimpen ad Lek, a road

Lekkerkerk church: Grote of Johanneskerk

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yvonne van Vlerken (born 1978 ), triathlete
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