Delfzijl
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 Groningen
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| mayor | Gerard Beukema ( PvdA ) |
| Seat of the municipality | Delfzijl |
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Area - land - water |
227.5 km 2 133.13 km 2 94.37 km 2 |
| CBS code | 0010 |
| Residents | 24,694 (Jan 31, 2019) |
| Population density | 109 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 20 ′ N , 6 ° 56 ′ E |
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| prefix | 0596 |
| Postcodes | 9904-9909, 9931-9934, 9936-9937, 9945-9949 |
| Website | Homepage of Delfzijl |
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Delfzijl ( ) ( Gronings Delfziel ; outdated German Delfsiel ) is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the north-eastern Netherlands with 24,694 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The coastal towns of Delfzijl are located at the mouth of the Ems in the North Sea. Punt van Reide is a 3 kilometer long headland that forms the natural end of the Dollart .
The name Delfzijl sets off, delf '(= the old name of Damsterdiep, a channel) and, zijl' (= Siel , lock ) together. The municipality has an area of 227.50 km² , 94.37 km² of which are covered with water. Neighboring municipalities of Delfzijl are clockwise from the southeast: Oldambt , Slochteren , Appingedam and Loppersum, and Eemsmond in the northwest. Krummhörn and Emden in Lower Saxony can be found to the northeast, on the other side of the Ems estuary.
places
The following places belong to the municipality; (K) denotes a remarkable old village church; (M) means that there is a windmill to visit.
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history
The first people probably settled around. 3000 BC Chr. In this area. This could be documented by a barrow that was discovered during construction work in 1982 and is now exhibited in the Delfzijl muzeeaquarium . To protect themselves from the tides , which repeatedly washed over large parts of the low-lying land, the early residents built so-called Wurten , hills on which only farms and later entire villages were built. Such Wurtendörfer (Dutch: wierdendorp ) are typical for the Delfzijler area. See also: Loppersum (Groningen) .
The name Delfzijl appears for the first time in a document dated June 19, 1303 . Around 1300 a lock was built in the historic Delft river, which ran from Groningen City to the Ems . A few years later, two more were added. The natural harbor soon became a transshipment point for goods of all kinds and the number of inhabitants rose sharply as a result.
In 1580, during the Eighty Years' War , the Watergeuzen (resistance fighters) built the "small hill " under the direction of the Groninger Barthold Entens . However, this fell into the hands of the Spanish occupiers a year later. In 1591 , Prince Moritz von Orange and his nephew Count Wilhelm Lodewijk recaptured the hill and thus cut off Groningen, which would later be besieged, from its important access to the sea. Under the direction of the fortress builder and military leader Johan van den Kornput , the hill was expanded and reinforced. Delfzijl became a fortress town with 40 m wide canals, a rampart with five bulwarks, ring ditches and on the sea side there was a dike with wooden barriers. The location of today's center and the course of the streets, as well as the names of some of the streets, go back to this 16th century.
This provided protection from enemy attacks and the water gates could be closed when the tide was high . Half a century later, on August 6, 1655, the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter sought refuge from English warships with his fleet in the port of Delfzijl.
In 1859 Delfzijl had three main streets, five side streets and 1760 inhabitants.
On May 11, 1940, Delfzijl was occupied by Wehrmacht troops (see campaign in the west ). There is an anti-aircraft battery (four were in two months 10.5-cm - aircraft guns ), barracks and radar station built what further addition to 30 German and Dutch sites (inter alia in the neighboring.. Termunten ) the air defense ring around the important German industrial and port city of Emden form should. The guns were mounted in recesses on the dike. At the end of the Second World War , the Wehrmacht wanted / should keep the escape route over the Ems to East Frisia free. The Western Allies attacked from April 23 to May 2, 1945; the town of Delfzijl and the village of Holwierde were badly damaged. After hard and bloody fighting, the attackers prevailed.
The Muzeeaquarium Delfzijl (Maritime Museum) was built in 1960 on one of the bunkers that have been preserved to this day and are visible in the area , and marine aquariums were set up there in the former military building (ammunition refill room , type FL 246 ) .
economy
After the Second World War , Delfzijl experienced an economic boom. The port is the fifth largest seaport in the Netherlands and offers a good starting point for a number of industrial companies. Gas, oil and salt discoveries in the vicinity did the rest for the settlement of large companies. The company Aluminum Delfzijl , which today belongs to the Tata Steel group, produces here . Akzo Nobel operates plants for membrane electrolysis and for chlorinated hydrocarbons . The Delfzijl Chemical Park is around 100 hectares in size and is the second largest Dutch chemical industry location after Rotterdam .
politics
The generally poor economic situation and party-political squabbles have repeatedly fueled local politics in recent years. Continued emigration from large companies caused unemployment to rise. Many councilors and mayors had to leave the field early on in the local council. At the end of 2017, the municipal councils of Delfzijl, Appingedam and Loppersum discussed the merger of the municipalities. They are working towards a merger on January 1, 2021. Annemarie Jorritsma also held the office of mayor for a short time before she took up her position in Almere . From May 1, 2004 to February 14, 2006, Maritje Appel-de Waart was mayor of Delfzijl. She resigned after a long conflict with the magistrate. Gerard Beukema ( PvdA ) has been acting mayor of the community since October 1st, 2015 .
College of Mayors and Aldermen
The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:
| Surname | Political party | Department |
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| Jan Menninga | Fractie 2014 | Finance, sports, education |
| Helps Joostens | ChristenUnie | Social support, participation |
| Hans Ronde | VVD | Youth, economy, culture |
| IJzebrand Rijzebol | CDA | Regional planning, energy, transport |
The office of the community secretary has been exercised by Peter Leeuw since June 2012.
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
In 2018, for the first time since 1986, the municipal council again had 19 seats, after having had 21 seats since 2002. Since 2006 it has been formed as follows:
| Political party | Seats | |||
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| 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
| Fractie 2014 | - | 3 | 4th | 4th |
| ChristenUnie | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lijst forend | 2 | 3 | 4th | 3 |
| VVD | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PvdA | 9 | 4th | 2 | 2 |
| CDA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Seniors party Delfzijl | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| PVV | - | - | - | 1 |
| GroenLinks | - | - | - | 1 |
| D66 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Partij 5 voor 12 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Sociaal Delfzijl | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Partij voor het Noorden | 1 | - | - | - |
| total | 21st | 21st | 21st | 19th |
Attractions
- The medieval churches given above. Among the village churches, the Petruskerk in Woldendorp should be emphasized because of its furnishings. It was damaged in fighting in the last days of World War II and was restored soon after. Uko Walles , the founder of the religious movement of the Ukowallists, is buried in the cemetery of the Woldendorper Church .
- The Adam Mill in downtown Delfzijl, with a modern art gallery
- The sea aquarium and the local history museum, in a building near the harbor and the train station
- The picturesque villages of Spijk and Godlinze
- There are boat connections from Delfzijl to Ditzum , Emden and the German Wadden Sea island of Borkum . There is regular shipping traffic from May to September
- The small old fishing port of Termunterzijl
Personalities associated with the city
- Ede Staal , English teacher, dialect singer and poet (* 1941 in Warffum , † 1986 in Delfzijl). In his honor, a prominently visible metal column was erected on the dike in 2001.
- Georges Simenon , Belgian writer. Accompanied by his wife, he spent a few months in the transition from 1929 to 1930 with his sailing boat Ostrogoth in Delfzijl. His boat had to be overhauled because of a leak and by his own admission he is meanwhile in a café Delfzijler ( Het Paviljoen near the pilot monument, departed today) his famous figure of Maigret have devised. A later Maigret novel ( Maigret and the crime in Holland ) also takes place in Delfzijl. The community has been honoring Simenon with a man-high statue since 1966.
- Jan Boven , racing cyclist, born on February 28, 1972 in Delfzijl
- Ingrid van Engelshoven , politician of the 66 Democrats , born on July 12, 1966 in Delfzijl
- Florentijn Hofman , artist. In addition to many other large sculptures, he created the oversized, up to 30 meters high, yellow rubber ducks (" Rubber Duck "), which became temporary attractions in various ports around the world. Born on April 16, 1977 in Delfzijl.
Town twinning
Delfzijl is linked through town twinning with:
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Aubenas , France
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Cesenatico , Italy
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Schwarzenbek , Germany
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Sierre , Switzerland
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Zelzate , Belgium
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Shūnan , Japan
gallery
Residential houses
Wall painting on a pedestrian bridge
memorial
church
Gate
Stele in honor of Ede Staal
The Eemshotel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1591: Den Dam, Delfsziel and Immentil, Count Mauritz gwint in this spil, ... ( digitized version )
- ↑ Michiel de Ruyter voer ooit van Delfzijl via Leeuwarden naar Harlingen Source: Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden, accessed on September 2, 2016
- ↑ Heavy flak positions in the Emden area
- ↑ The Fight for Delfzijl (p. 591 ff.)
- ↑ Fusie Delfzijl, Appingedam en Loppersum in 2021. In: RTV Noord . January 12, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ Gerard Beukema wordt burgemeester Delfzijl. In: Dagblad van het Noorden . NDC Mediagroep, June 9, 2015, accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ Samenstelling college van B&W Gemeente Delfzijl, accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Tony van der Meulen: Oude kerken in Groningen (= Publicaties van de Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken, vol. 21). Bosch en Keuning, Baarn 1979, ISBN 90-246-4321-X , p. 19.
- ↑ http://www.dollard-route.de/faehrverbindungen/ditzum-emden-delfzijl-hauptroute.html
- ↑ http://www.ag-ems.de/ausfluege/tagesfahrten-nach-borkum/schiffsausfluege.html
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