Zierikzee
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In 2001, the town of Zierikzee had 10,313 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 3.0 km2, and contained 4,295 residences.[1] The statistical area "Zierikzee", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 10,730.[2]
History
Zierikzee, then located on the island of Schouwen, received city rights in 1248. In 1304, a fleet commissioned by the French and Dutch defeated a Flemish fleet in the naval Battle of Zierikzee.
Modern history
On 30 April 1917, a Royal Naval Air Service pilot entered Dutch airspace and mistakenly dropped eight bombs on Zierikzee, damaging several houses and killing a family of three. After initially denying the incident, the British government apologized and agreed to compensate the Dutch for damage and loss of life.[3] In 1953, Zierikzee was damaged by the North Sea flood of 1953. The English town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire sent help and a friendship has developed. The two towns have been twinned. In 1997 the municipality of Zierikzee merged into that of Schouwen-Duiveland.
In 2015, the last surviving example of the city's defensive cannons; cast in 1552, was donated to the city by the British coastguard. The coastguard had recovered it from a commercial diver, during a criminal investigation. The diver had found it off the Kent coast.[4] On 27 June 2022, a tornado estimated at between F1 and F2 struck the city, killing one person and injuring nine others.[5] Three hundred properties were damaged.[6][7]
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The channel that connects Zierikzee to Oosterschelde is mainly used by tourist boats.
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View of Zierikzee (1618), by Esaias van der Velde
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1649 map of Zierikzee (Zirizea) in Willem and Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"
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The tower (Sint-Lievensmonstertoren) of Zierikzee was planned to be twice as high as it was eventually built.
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The Zuidhavenpoort and the Noordhavenpoort.
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looking south along the Nieuwe Haven, Zierikzee
References
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- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 Script error: No such module "webarchive".. As of 1 January 2005.
- ↑ Lith, Hans van. Plotseling een vreselijke knal, pp. 91–95.
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