Alblasserwaard (Brandwijk)
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In 1277 the regent Floris V ordered to be made a polder of the moor-area between river 'Lek' and 'Merwede' and make it ready for cattle-breeding. Around the year 1356 the whole area that currently covers the Alblasserwaard was poldered.
Disaster and floodings
In the past centuries the Alblasserwaard was frequently ravaged by adversity and flooding; Like the St Elizabeth floodings in 1421; one of the biggest disasters in Dutch history, where several villages were swept away by the rushing water.
Disaster and floodings
In the past centuries the Alblasserwaard was frequently ravaged by adversity and flooding; Like the St Elizabeth floodings in 1421; one of the biggest disasters in Dutch history, where several villages were swept away by the rushing water.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alblasserwaard
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°53'21"N 4°48'34"E
- Bergambacht (municipality) 14 km
- Strijen (municipality) 25 km
- Rotterdam-Antwerp Pipeline 25 km
- Bodegraven-Reeuwijk 28 km
- Cromstrijen 32 km
- Rotterdam 37 km
- Korendijk 42 km
- Bernisse 43 km
- Utrecht (province) 46 km
- South Holland 83 km
- Molenlanden (municipality) 1 km
- Duck decoy 2.4 km
- duck-decoy 3.4 km
- Duck decoy 4.7 km
- Hardinxveld-Giessendam (municipality) 6.8 km
- Sliedrecht (municipality) 7 km
- Schoonhoven 7.2 km
- Krimpenerwaard (municipality) 9 km
- Gorinchem (municipality) 13 km
- Lopik (municipality) 14 km