Sliedrecht is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. In 2024, the municipality had 26,270 inhabitants and has an area of 13.47 km². Sliedrecht is located on the Beneden-Merwede, and is one of the so-called Drechtsteden. There are no other centres within the municipal boundaries, but only the hamlet of Baanhoek, which falls under the town of Sliedrecht for postal addresses.
Sliedrecht, The Netherlands
Sliedrecht, Países Bajos
Sliedrecht, Niederlande
Until 1421, Sliedrecht consisted of two parts: Slydregt on the southern bank of the Merwede, where the Biesbosch later emerged (Crayestein Castle also stood on these marshy grounds). And Over-Slydregt was on the northern bank. When the St. Elizabeth’s flood destroyed Slydregt in that year, Over-Slydregt continued under the name Sliedrecht. Sliedrecht was a “normal village” in the 15th and 16th centuries. The inhabitants lived from fishing, cattle breeding and some agriculture. It only became known as a “dredging village” after the arrival of the steam engine. The dredging can be explained historically. For centuries, the inhabitants of this area had to deal with the battle against the water. In the 13th century, a water board was established, ditches were dug every 100 yards to drain the area and dikes were built. The farmers discovered that they could earn more money building dikes than cattle breeding. The cattle farmers became dike workers. The archives show that workers from Sliedrecht were involved in digging harbours in Dordrecht in the 15th century. Around 1600, the dredging company Prins was founded, where the work was carried out by hand. It was not until around 1860 that the famous Sliedrecht resident Adriaan Volker put the first steam dredger into use.
سليدرخت، هولندا
荷兰斯利德雷赫特
Sliedrecht, Pays-Bas
Legally, Sliedrecht consisted for a long time of the three lordships (Over)Sliedrecht or Lockhorst, Naaldwijk and Niemandsvriend. From 1 April 1817 to 23 August 1818, these last two also existed briefly as separate communities. After that, they were added to Sliedrecht again. In 1845, the dike synagogue was built by and for the Jewish community. By 1920, this had shrunk to such an extent that services could no longer be held. At the end of the German occupation, there were no Jews left in Sliedrecht. After 2000, the synagogue was moved to make dike reinforcement possible.
Sliedrecht, Belanda
Слидрехт, Нидерланды
स्लीडरेच्ट, नीदरलैंड
In 1978, the first IKEA in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht. It was closed in 2006 due to the limited surface area of the branch and because larger, newer branches had opened in the area (Barendrecht, Breda and Utrecht). Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including Boskalis and IHC Merwede) that come from there. Every two years, the Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht. The National Dredging Museum is also located there.
Sliedrecht, Nederland
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