Lelystad
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 coat of arms |
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 Flevoland
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| mayor | Ina Adema ( VVD ) |
| Seat of the municipality | Lelystad |
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Area - land - water |
765.45 km 2 230.55 km 2 534.9 km 2 |
| CBS code | 0995 |
| Residents | 77,932 (Jan 31, 2019) |
| Population density | 102 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 28' E |
| Important traffic route |
     
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| prefix | 0320 |
| Postcodes | 8202-8203, 8211-8212, 8218-8219, 8221-8226, 8231-8233, 8239, 8241-8245 |
| Website | Homepage of Lelystad |
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Lelystad ( ) is the capital of the Dutch province of Flevoland , not far from Amsterdam . Lelystad has 77,932 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019).
The municipal area includes both part of the IJsselmeer and most of the Markermeer . From the mainland ( Polder Flevoland) the central dike ( Dutch: Houtribdijk or Markerwaarddijk ), which separates the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer, leads to Enkhuizen . The dike also falls within the municipality of Lelystad.
history
Lelystad was founded in 1967. It was named after Cornelis Lely , the initiator of the Zuiderzeewerke . The originally planned name was Flevostad .
Like all of Flevoland (except for the former islands of Urk and Schokland ), Lelystad was built on a polder , that is, land reclaimed from the sea. The area did not dry out until 1957. Today Lelystad is almost five meters below sea level.
The oldest part of the place is Lelystad-Haven, which comprised the area of the pioneer island with the workers' settlement from which the dam was built and which has therefore existed since the construction of the polder.
Originally Lelystad was planned as the regional center for the entire southern polder, but its isolated location made this function difficult from the start. Originally the city was supposed to be in the center of the area consisting of Markerwaard, Südflevoland, Ostflevoland and Noordoostpolder. When the southern part of the Flevoland polder fell dry and Almere emerged as a relief site for the Randstad , Almere benefited from the proximity to the Randstad; Almere grew faster than Randstad.
When the Markerwaard (originally planned polder in the Markermeer ) was not built and the connection from the west via the Marken region was not established, the isolated location of Lelystad remained permanently.
coat of arms
A golden crown rests on the golden heraldic shield , interspersed with a black honeycomb pattern , in which a blue shield with a silver lily is embedded in the center . It is held by two golden, red-armored and tongued lions , decorated with a red tail crest and an equally colored fins and silver fish-tailed lions .
Attractions
The important nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen is in the immediate vicinity . The Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet shopping center is located northwest of the city . Right next to it there is a polder museum (Nieuwland Erfgoedcentrum) and a museum in which historical ships are built and restored using historical methods ( Bataviawerf ). The Aviodrome aviation museum with the world's last airworthy Douglas DC-2 is located at Lelystad Airport . The sculpture and landmark “De Hurkende Man” can also be seen from the harbor. The 25 meter high steel sculpture was created by the artist Antony Gormley in 2010 and has a total weight of 44,000 kg.
Until 2016, Lelystad was the seat of the Nederlands Instituut voor Scheeps- en onderwater Archeologie (NISA) (Dutch Institute for Ship and Underwater Archeology) with a 140 m long building, which belongs to the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) (Reich Service for the Cultural Heritage) is affiliated. Among other things, the ship finds from Zwammerdam were preserved here. In the meantime, the institute has been transferred to the Stichting Erfgoed Batavialand (“Erbgutstiftung Batavialand”), which is also based in Amersfoort.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:
| Political party | Seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
| VVD | 7th | 5 | 6th | 6th | 9 | 7th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 6th |
| Leefbaar Lelystad | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| InwonersPartij Lelystad | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| PVV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| PvdA | 10 | 14th | 9 | 6th | 9 | 7th | 11 | 7th | 4th | 3 |
| ChristenUnie | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| GroenLinks | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| JongLelystad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| CDA | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D66 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 7th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| SP | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4th | 2 | 4th | 2 |
| THINK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Lelystad's concern | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| Forum voor de Ouderen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Partij voor Lelystad a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Ouderen Politiek Actief | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Trots op Nederland b | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| STADS-Partij c | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Natuurwetpartij | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Algemeen Ouderen Verbond | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Unie55 + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| RPF | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| GPV | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| SGP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Center Democrats | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Progressieve share Lelystad | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centrumpartij | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CPN | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PPR | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| total | 29 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
- Remarks
- ↑ Parties that took part in the election but were unable to obtain a seat on the council will not be considered.
Mayor and alderman
In the legislative period 2018-2022, the Assistant Secretary of are the College of the coalition parties ChristenUnie , D66 , InwonersPartij Lelystad, PvdA , SP and VVD asked. The coalition parties are each represented by one member. The new councilors were appointed at a council meeting on June 12, 2018. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:
| function | Surname | Political party | Department | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayoress | Ina Adema | VVD | administrative coordination, public order and security, police and fire brigade, communication and reconnaissance, catering, administrative renewal | in office since September 13, 2016 |
| Alderman | Janneke Sparreboom | VVD | economic affairs, coordination of the Lelystad Next Level project , housing and housing, heart of the city | first deputy mayor |
| Ed Rentenaar | InwonersPartij Lelystad | Landscape protection and development, recreation and tourism, municipal services, coastal development, Bataviakwartier, animal welfare, traffic and transport, implementation of the Campus / SVOL project | second deputy mayor | |
| Nelly den Os | PvdA | Social welfare law, youth welfare, administration of public space, personnel and organization, IT and automation, management, digitization / information technology | third deputy mayoress | |
| Elly van Wageningen | ChristenUnie | integral approach in the field of sustainability, education, communal real estate, sport and exercise, vitality and health | fourth deputy mayor | |
| Peter Schot | D66 | spatial urban development, environmental law, vision and plan, approval, external security, emancipation and integration, art and culture | fifth deputy to the mayoress | |
| John van den Heuvel | SP | Work and income, finances, poverty and debt counseling, execution of the ICL decision, enforcement | sixth deputy mayor | |
| Community Secretary | Nico Versteeg | - | - | in office since May 2011 |
mayor
Since the establishment of the municipality of Lelystad on January 1st, 1980, the following persons have held the office of mayor:
- 1980–1996: Hans Gruijters ( D66 )
- 1996-2006: Chris Leeuwe ( PvdA )
- 2006–2016: Margreet Horselenberg (PvdA)
- 2016– : Ina Adema ( VVD )
traffic
The city is connected to the Dutch motorway network by the Dutch A 6 motorway from Amsterdam via Almere and Lelystad to Emmeloord . An A72 was planned for east-west traffic, but this project was never implemented. A piece of nature is still named after it: Het Zand A72. It is also connected to the road network through the Provinciale route 302 ( Enkhuizen - ( Markermeer ) –Lelystad– Harderwijk ) and the Provinciale route N 307 and N 309 via Dronten and Kampen to Zwolle .
There is a rail link in the direction of Almere – Amsterdam and Almere – Utrecht. From 2007 to 2012 the Lelystad – Kampen – Zwolle connection was built. Since the Hanzelijn went into operation on December 9, 2012, Lelystad Centrum is no longer Flevolijn's terminus . There were plans for a new express connection from Amsterdam to the north of the Netherlands. It would connect Lelystad to Friesland and Groningen via Emmeloord . However, this plan was rejected by the government in 2006.
In addition to the city bus and the regional bus routes connecting the town, there is a fast bus connection to Emmeloord – Joure – Groningen (Interliner).
Until 2019, Lelystad Airport, a few kilometers south of the city, was only equipped for private planes. The airport has been redesigned as a charter airport and will in future serve to relieve the Amsterdam Schiphol international airport . However, the opening planned for April 2020 has been delayed due to problems with emissions quotas.
For a short time there was a ferry connection between Lelystad and Amsterdam.
The concept of separate traffic routes deserves special mention; the extensive network of cycle and footpaths in Lelystad is largely separated from the roads for motorized traffic. Only immediately in the traffic-calmed areas, e.g. B. the residential areas, the separate traffic routes are merged.
Buildings
Soccer
Lelystad has three football clubs:
- VV Unicum
- SV Batavia
- SV Lelystad
Religions
Lelystad is very diverse in religious terms. The city caused a sensation with its TM Siddha village. Lelystad has a very fast growing evangelical church, De Pijler. The Catholic Church in Lelystad is the only one with a steeple. This was financed by the municipality, the church symbolically paid a guilder for it. The congregation of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands has a partnership with the Evangelical Church of Essen . The Baptist Congregation has a partnership with the Baptist Congregation in Vienna - Essling . There are also various Reformed churches, evangelical congregations and the Salvation Army .
Lelystad has three mosques , one of which is Surinamese , one is Turkish and one is Moroccan .
economy
One of the local companies is
- Donkervoort , builder of Lotus sports car replicas
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles Zwolsman junior (* 1979), racing car driver
- Boy Waterman (* 1984), soccer player
- Daan Brandenburg (* 1987), chess player
- Nathaniel Will (* 1989), soccer player
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ^ Günther Pahl (Ed.): Knaurs Welt-Atlas. Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 1950/51, p. 121 f.
- ↑ Homepage of the Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Batavialand , official website of the Batavialand Museum (Dutch), accessed on November 19, 2018.
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on 23 September 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on 23 September 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Presentatie nieuw coalitieakkoord. (No longer available online.) Gemeente Lelystad, May 24, 2018, archived from the original on September 23, 2018 ; Retrieved September 23, 2018 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nieuw college van Lelystad geïnstalleerd. (No longer available online.) Gemeente Lelystad, June 13, 2018, archived from the original on September 23, 2018 ; Retrieved September 23, 2018 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Lelystad, accessed on 23 September 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Lelystad can no longer open, maar dan moeten de boeren help. January 15, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ Information on traffic in Lelystad at lelystad.nl (Dutch), accessed on June 8, 2017
