Sliedrecht

Municipality of Sliedrecht

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
mayor	Dirk van der Borg ( CDA ; acting)
Seat of the municipality	Sliedrecht
Area  - land  - water	14.01  km 2 12.83 km 2 1.18 km 2
CBS code	0610
Residents	25,024 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	1786 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 46 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0184
Postcodes	3361-3364, 3366
Website	Homepage of Sliedrecht

Sliedrecht ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Netherlands , province of South Holland . It has a total area of ​​14.01 km². On January 31, 2019, it had 25,024 residents.

Location and economy

Sliedrecht, a village with the appearance of a small industrial town, is located on the north bank of the Merwede , in the Alblasserwaard polder. It is east of Dordrecht and west of Hardinxveld-Giessendam . Sliedrecht has two small stations on the Dordrecht - Geldermalsen railway line (western segment of the Elst – Dordrecht railway line ). It is on the Rotterdam - Tiel - Arnhem / Nijmegen motorway . Sliedrecht has an inland port.

Sliedrecht has always been the center of the dredging industry in the Netherlands. There are also subcontracting companies that z. B. Manufacture ship and machine parts and building materials.

The museum about this industry (excavator museum) in Sliedrecht is interesting.

history

The name consists of the elements: Slie = a small river, or; Silt; and; drecht = stream or: water crossing (the etymology is uncertain).

At the time of Count Floris V of Holland (1277) a dike had already been built near Sliedrecht. During the Elisabeth flood of 18./19. November 1421 the place (which was then at a different place) was flooded; the residents built a new place at the current location.
Sliedrecht's first heyday was the period 1600 to 1650. Up until around 1900, fishing on the river was very important; she gave way to the dike building trade. The cultivation of willow wood ("rijshout") as a raw material for dykes was also important (see also dredging industry # history ). Sliedrecht was bombed several times during World War II. On July 8, 1940, a Royal Air Force bomber dropped some bombs.
After the war, Sliedrecht benefited from the flourishing of the port of Rotterdam and the hydraulic engineering industry .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

30.4

24.0

15.3

10.3

9.1

6.5

4.5

CU / SGP

PER

CDA

PvdA

VVD

S.NU

D66

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-3.1

-3.5

+0.1

-2.6

-1.9

+6.5

+4.5

CU / SGP

PER

CDA

PvdA

VVD

S.NU

D66

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
ChristenUnie / SGP	7th	7th	7th	7th
PRO Sliedrecht	2	4th	5	5
CDA	2	3	3	3
PvdA	6th	3	2	2
VVD	2	2	2	2
Slydregt.NU	-	-	-	1
D66	-	-	-	1
total	19th	19th	19th	21st

mayor

Dirk van der Borg ( CDA ) has been the provisional mayor of the municipality since March 31, 2020 . His colleagues include the alderman Hans Tanis ( ChristenUnie / SGP ), Hanny Visser-Schlieker ( PRO Sliedrecht ) and the community secretary Rita van Breugel .

Attractions

• National Dredging Museum
• Sliedrechts Museum

Daughters and sons of the city

• Jan Koopmans (1905–1945), theologian
• Robert Smeets (* 1985), Australian tennis player

Web links

Commons : Sliedrecht  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the Historisches Vereniging Sliedrecht (Dutch)
• Website of the Nationaal Baggermuseum (Dutch, English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Peter Koster: Dirk van der Borg is de nieuwe burgemeester van Sliedrecht. In: AD . De Persgroep Nederland , March 18, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
3. ↑ www.historie-sliedrecht.nl
4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
6. ^ College van B&W Gemeente Sliedrecht, accessed June 11, 2018 (Dutch)