Union of Dordrecht Dordrecht around 1565, by Jacob van Deventer
On 29 June 1457, the city was devastated by a fire which started in Kleine Spuistraat, destroying many buildings, including the Grote Kerk. It was commonly said that over 10,000 people died in the flood, but recent research indicates that it was probably less than 200 people. On 18–19 November 1421, the Saint Elisabeth's flood flooded large parts of southern Holland, causing Dordrecht to become an island. From 1600 to 1615 Gerhard Johann Vossius was rector at this school. It still exists today as the Johan de Witt Gymnasium and is the oldest gymnasium in the Netherlands. In 1253 a Latin school was founded in Dordrecht. Dordrecht was made even more important when it was given staple right in 1299. It traded primarily in wine, wood and cereals. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Dordrecht developed into an important market city because of its strategic location. In fact, Geertruidenberg was the first city in the historical county of Holland to receive city rights, but this municipality currently is part of the province of North Brabant. View of Dordrecht, by Aelbert Cuypĭordrecht was granted city rights by William I, Count of Holland, in 1220, making it the oldest city in the present province of South Holland. Around 1120 reference to Dordrecht was made by a remark that count Dirk IV of Holland was murdered in 1049 near " Thuredrech". This river was a branch of the river Dubbel, which is part of the massive Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta complex, near the current Bagijnhof. The city was formed along the Thure river, in the midst of peat marshes.
JSTOR ( November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. In earlier centuries, Dordrecht was a major trading port and was called Dort in English. Inhabitants of Dordrecht are Dordtenaren (singular: Dordtenaar).ĭordrecht is informally called Dordt by its inhabitants. The Drecht is now supposed to have been derived from ' draeg', which means to pull, tow or drag. Earlier etymologists had assumed that the 'drecht' suffix came from Latin 'trajectum', a ford, but this was rejected in 1996. The name seems to mean 'thoroughfare' a ship-canal or -river through which ships were pulled by rope from one river to another, as here from the Dubbel to the Merwede, or vice versa. The name Dordrecht comes from Thuredriht (circa 1120), Thuredrecht (circa 1200). Dordrecht is the largest and most important city in the Drechtsteden and is also part of the Randstad, the main conurbation in the Netherlands.ĭordrecht is the oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture.Įtymology Dordrecht Island Island of Dordrecht (7) in the Rhine-Meuse delta The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called Het Eiland van Dordt ("the Island of Dordt"), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil. It is the province's fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Zoetermeer and Leiden, with a population of 119,115. Dordrecht ( Dutch: ( listen)), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, pronounced ( listen)) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
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