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The end of Dordrecht as a first rate sea harbor came about when the Nieuwe Waterweg became fully usable in 1883. [18] Compared to Dordrecht, Rotterdam sent about four times as much cargo up the Rhine to Germany in 1875. In 1895 this was 30 times as much and in 1910 about 200 times. In absolute numbers cargo from Dordrecht declined by more than ...
Dordrecht; Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht; Papendrecht; Sliedrecht; Hardinxveld-Giessendam; Zwijndrecht; The name "Drechtsteden" was chosen because the name of several of the associated cities and towns ends in the suffix-drecht (meaning: place where ships are pulled or carried across the land [2]). It is also an informal name for the area.
Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands. [1] [2] [3] The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries. [2]
Simple English; Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ... Pages in category "Dordrecht" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list ...
Nieuw-Dordrecht was established in 1856 to excavate the peat east of the Oranjekanaal by Drentsche Veen en Middenkanaal Maatschappij, a company based in Dordrecht. [3] In 1932, it was home to 832 people. [4] In the 1950s, the economy became based on the textile industry. [3] In 2011, Museum Collectie Brands opened in Nieuw-Dordrecht. It ...
A chapel in Dordrecht is mentioned in a chapter of 1122, although the exact date of when the church was established is unknown. [2] [3] In 1986, excavations in the church uncovered the remains of a thirteenth-century Romanesque apse belonging to the previous building, with the interior being 9 meters in width.
Old City Hall of Dordrecht on the Stadhuisplein. The City Hall in Dordrecht is a renaissance building decorated in neoclassic style on the Stadhuisplein and over one of the city harbors; the Voorstraathaven. It is the seat of the city's government, which first received city rights in 1220, and today it is still the place where residents often ...
Dordrecht is a railway station in Dordrecht, Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway.The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between Rotterdam and Antwerp was opened.