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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 ...
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]
Dordrecht is a town situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by Baron Smiddolff (later changed to Smithdorff), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church . The town was named for the city of the same name in the South-Western Netherlands [ 2 ] and had a population of about 8,741 people in 2001.
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.
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 ...
Simple English; Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ... Pages in category "Dordrecht" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list ...
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
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.