Zeebrugge
| Bruges , district of Zeebrugge | |||
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| Region : | Flanders | ||
| Province : | West Flanders | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 20 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants: (status) | 3,865 pop (2008) | ||
| Post Code: | 8380 | ||
| Prefix: | (0032) (0) 50 | ||
| Mayor: | Patrick Moenaert | ||
| Website: | www.brugge.be | ||
Zeebrugge ( French Zeebruges , German Zeebrugge ) is a locality in the district of Lissewege of the city of Bruges on the North Sea , Belgium , West Flanders Province . Zeebrugge has 4,301 inhabitants (2014).
history
Zeebrugge emerged from a fishing village on the North Sea. In 1134 a storm surge tore a fairway into the Zwin bay , so that the city of Bruges, which is about 15 kilometers inland, then had direct access to the North Sea . However, the Zwin approach silted up from the 15th century and could not be restored even with hydraulic engineering measures.
Around 1870 Bruges was again completely enclosed by land masses. The emerging industry in the city increasingly demanded a restoration of the formerly existing direct connection to the North Sea in order to be able to handle trade with England more effectively. The expansion of the new Zeebrugge overseas port began in 1892 . The first port complex was inaugurated in 1907 by the Belgian King Leopold II .
During the First World War , Zeebrugge was occupied by the German Reich and used as a submarine and seaplane base. That is why the British planned an advance towards Zeebrugge during the Third Battle of Flanders in 1917 , but this failed. On April 23, 1918, the undertook Royal Navy with the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend an unsuccessful attack on the naval base that brought them huge losses on the contrary. The British still celebrated the action as a success because their sunk landing craft temporarily blocked the port exit. In October 1918, Zeebrugge was again fiercely contested.
Zeebrugge gained public attention when the Ro-Ro ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized on March 6, 1987, killing 193 people.
description
Zeebrugge itself is divided into three quarters : the center, the station district and the beach district. There is a large marina in the center . The beach district is also called Bad Zeebrugge.
At Zeebrugge is the port of Bruges-Seebrugge , the second largest seaport (after the port of Antwerp ) and the third largest port in Belgium after Ghent .
traffic
Due to its geographical location, Zeebrugge is a traffic junction for traffic of all kinds and from all directions.
Road traffic
Zeebrugge is connected to the E 40 and E 403 motorways via Bruges via the N 31 expressway , and to the E 34 motorway via the N 34 .
Rail transport
Zeebrugge is connected to Bruges by a railway , which in particular connects the port. Passenger traffic is available on weekdays from Zeebrugge-Dorp station (hourly), which runs to Zeebrugge-Strand station on weekends, but daily in summer (July and August) and does not serve Zeebrugge-Dorp during this time .
Public transport
The Kusttram forms the public transport connection and ensures the connection with all places along the entire Belgian coast.
port
From the seaport of Zeebrugge, P&O Ferries offers a daily ferry connection to Hull (England) (in the evening, there in the morning).
The port of Zeebrugge is the third largest port in Belgium after Antwerp and Ghent (2016: 37.8 million tonnes of goods; 2015: 38.3 million tonnes) and one of the most important transshipment ports for new vehicles in Europe that use RoRo ships ( car transporters ) can be transported to and from the vehicle. In 2016, 2.77 million vehicles of all types were handled. In 2015, around 2.42 million vehicles were handled, 10.3% more vehicles than in 2014.
In addition to ISO container handling, there has been an LNG terminal here since 1988 , the storage capacity of which was expanded in 2016 from four storage tanks (3 × 80,000 m³, 1 × 140,000 m³) to a fifth with a capacity of 180,000 m³. In 2015, 6.7 million t of liquid goods (+ 2.9%), 1.3 million t of solid bulk goods (+ 6.3%), 13.4 million t of RoRo cargo (+ 3.1%) were handled , on the other hand there were further declines in container throughput (2016: 1.4 million TEU, 2015: 1.57 million TEU) and in conventional general cargo throughput (−1.6%). In 2016, RoRo throughput rose to 14.3 million t (+ 6.7%), mainly in traffic with Great Britain .
Buildings and sights
- church
- Boudewijnkanaal, a twelve-kilometer-long canal between Bruges and Zeebrugge, navigable for seagoing vessels , which was built in 1896–1905
- lighthouse
- a neighborhood house
- Seafront, a maritime theme park
Web links
- Tourist information Zeebrugge , Dutch
- Tourist information , German
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Internet site about Zeebrugge with two historical photos under "History"
- ↑ Zeebruggestraße . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Zeebrugge with record in the auto segment · 2.7 million vehicles handled in 2016 . In: Daily port report from January 19, 2017, p. 1
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Zeebrugge now car port No. 1 · 2.4 million new vehicles handled in 2015 . In: Daily port report from January 12, 2016, p. 13
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: More LNG via Zeebrugge · Belgian coastal port now gets fifth special tank . In: Daily port report of January 21, 2016, p. 13
- ↑ http://www.portofzeebrugge.be/sites/all/files/jaarverslag 2016_web.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: RoRo sector grows double-digit in 2016 · UK remains an important single market · Zeebrugge wants to become a European LNG hub . In: Daily port report from January 19, 2017, p. 15
- ↑ Buurtwerken ( Memento of 2 September 2011 at the Internet Archive (Dutch))
- ↑ Brief information about the Seafront Theme Park ( Memento from March 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Dutch)