Ridderkerk

Ridderkerk ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, South Holland province.

Places

In addition to the main town of Ridderkerk (where the local government is located) are the villages Bolnes, Rijsoord, Oostendam and Slikkerveer in this community.

Location and economic

Ridderkerk is located in the polder IJsselmonde only a few kilometers southeast of Rotterdam and Capelle aan den IJssel, and how can Capelle as a suburb of Rotterdam are called. Many of the inhabitants are so commuters. In the town are located in Bolnes and Rijsoord, nodes of the many highways that lead from Rotterdam Ridderkerk by the community in many directions. The train station has not Ridderkerk; drive it several bus lines, and also a fast ferry ( Fast Ferry to " modern Dutch " ) Rotterdam - Ridderkerk - Dordrecht operated shuttle services.

Ridderkerk, however, has since 1870 a tradition of shipping companies and shipyards, these industries were in the 1970s, despite attempts by the government to save them, in the struggle for existence under. For many smaller businesses of many kinds came back.

History

The name Ridderkerk has nothing to do with a knight. The village was established in the polder Riederwaard ( roughly: Reed Werder ) and received in 1446 a controlled administration. The church was dedicated to St. George, the dragon slayer. As elsewhere in the area, lived in Ridderkerk fishermen and farmers, who kept cattle and cultivated hemp for the manufacture of ropes. In Bolnes end of the 18th century was the country seat Huys ten Donck. After about 1870, a shipbuilding industry was born. During this time, the municipal coat of arms, with the Holy Ritter St. Georg, who pierces the dragon / evil with the sword was.

In the school of the village Rijsoord signed the surrender document after the German invasion on 15 May 1940 in the Netherlands to the German Reich Hitler were as follows: the first of a five-year occupation. Today, located in the former school, a private museum with planetarium. In Rijsoord would cultivated until about 40-45 years, much flax.

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