Sas van Gent
 flag |
 coat of arms |
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 Zeeland
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| local community |
 Terneuzen
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Area - land - water |
16.96 km 2 16.13 km 2 0.83 km 2 |
| Residents | 3,975 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 14 ′ N , 3 ° 48 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 0115 |
| Postcodes | 4541-4542, 4551, 4553-4554 |
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Sas van Gent is a city in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands . It has belonged to the municipality of Terneuzen since 2003 and was previously an independent municipality. The places Philippine, Westdorpe and Zandstraat were also incorporated. In contrast to a large part of Zeeland, these places are not on islands, but on the mainland, the border area with Belgium, which is called Zeeland Flanders .
Its name means locks to Ghent , since the place at Ghent-Terneuzen canal is, the even earlier access of Ghent was the sea.
history
Originally Ghent was connected to the sea by a canal to Damme. On May 26, 1547, Emperor Charles V approved the construction of a canal. This initially only went as far as the dike, but between 1551 and 1563 a lock was installed and the ships could now sail directly into the North Sea again. This strategically important position led to the construction of a fortification and soon to a small settlement. This and the proximity of the Belgian border meant that Sas van Gent was repeatedly fought over during the Eighty Years War (1568–1648).
On May 21, 1572 the Wassergeusen conquered the fortification. They destroyed the locks and the place. The damage was not repaired until 1577. In 1579 Ghent joined the Union of Utrecht . The Spaniards then occupied Sas van Gent in 1583 and expanded the fortifications. But in 1644 Friedrich Heinrich (Orange) was able to recapture the city. He installed General Thomas von Ferentz († 1647) as governor.
During the Dutch War , the French tried to conquer the city in 1672. But after the Dutch had opened the dikes, they had to withdraw. In 1747 the city was again bombarded by the French who tried to conquer Holland after the conquest of the Austrian Netherlands in the War of the Austrian Succession . In the Treaty of Aachen (1748) the city was returned.
On February 5, 1795, a French army occupied the southern Netherlands and Sas van Gent again . The French stayed until Napoleon's defeat when the Northern and Southern Netherlands were reunited.
In 1823 the Dutch King Wilhelm I decided to expand the existing canal to the Gent-Terneuzen Canal.
Personalities
- Karl Frederick Bendorf (1726–1814), artist
- Albert Charles Auguste Plasschaert (1874–1941), art critic and painter
Web links
- Sas van Gent: Website of the tourist association VVV Zeeland (German, Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 11, 2018 (Dutch)