Stavoren

Stavoren (formerly Staveren, friesian Starum ) is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland.

The town is located on the eastern shore of the IJsselmeer, a former, now abgedeichten Nordseearms. Located in the municipality Súdwest Fryslân place has almost 1000 inhabitants. The town lives mainly from tourism, which is almost entirely oriented towards the water.

History

Stavoren is the oldest of the eleven Frisian cities. The village was founded around the year 900 to a water course and received city rights in 1058-1068. In 2011 Stavoren celebrated 950 years a city. Stavoren maintained good trade relations with the countries around the Baltic Sea and was from 1385 the Hanseatic city. Importance was Stavoren by importing grain from the Baltic Sea States, which was needed for the rapidly growing population Frisian, but never attained the status and wealth of the northern Dutch cities on the western IJsselmeerufer. After all, the Frisian kings resided here.

At the end of the Middle Ages fell Stavoren, the harbor silted up and in cereal imports of the place did not matter. From this time the legend comes from Wyfke fan Starum.

In the 17th and 18th centuries it was the city better, before it came to a decline in the 19th century again.

In 1899 the town had 868 inhabitants. After the construction of the railway line Stavoren - Leeuwarden and the establishment of a ferry service to Enkhuizen on the IJsselmeer other side with a connection to the railway line Zaandam / Amsterdam - Enkhuizen harbor of Stavoren gained new importance.

Today, tourism is one of the main sources of income of the village. On the outskirts several marinas emerged.

Location

The town is the terminus of the railway line from the provincial capital Ljouwert about Snits and Warkum the IJsselmeer.

In Stavoren of Johan Frisokanaal, which represents one of the compounds of the IJsselmeer with the Prinses Margriet - and thus produces a waterway connection after Ljouwert and Groningen ends.

Attractions

• The monument of the " Wyfke fan Starum " (wife of Stavoren ) at the Old Port (ALDE Haven )
• The old lock
• The new lock ( Johan Friso Luis ): here is one of the most frequented access for water sports vehicles for inland with a lot of boat traffic
• The lighthouse at the harbor entrance
• At the Old Port is also launching the ferry to Enkhuizen, which invests directly there at the open-air museum

Wyfke fan Starum

About the medieval figure Wyfke fan Starum ( Dutch: Vrouwe van Stavoren ) is one of the best known legends of the Dutch folk literature. This dates from the 16th century and is approximately as follows:

In the Middle Ages lived in Stavoren the widow of a wealthy businessman. The haughty woman possessed together more ships than any other merchants and shipowners of the town, and their wealth grew from day to day. Despite her great wealth she was not satisfied. They sought to have the most precious possession in the world, and sent the captain of one of their ships out to get her. This was after a long trip in Gdansk the best wheat that he had ever seen. This wheat he returned. But the merchant's widow had presented other treasures. Furious, she asked the captain: "On which side you had the wheat loaded? " He replied: " On the port side." She then ordered the boatman to pour the charge on the starboard side into the sea. A bystander heard and prophesied her that she would once again have to beg from poverty. Then she pulled a precious gold ring from his finger and threw the piece of jewelry also into the sea. She added: " So little of this golden ring will ever again return to me so little I will ever suffer poverty." A short time later, the servant of the haughty woman found the ring in a fish they wanted to prepare for lunch. The mistress was terrified. Then she found out that same evening, the more of its ships in a storm on the high seas " with man and mouse " under gone his. Their misfortune was no end and the woman died as a poor beggar.

The Frouwesân ( wife Sandy ), a sand bank in the IJsselmeer near Stavoren supposed to be the place where the precious wheat was thrown into the sea. Still here is to grow a plant that looks like wheat, but bears no ears.

Since 1969, stands in the center Stavorener a still image from " Wyfke fan Stavoren ".