Tiel
flag |
coat of arms |
province | Gelderland |
mayor | Hans Beenakker ( VVD ) |
Seat of the municipality | Tiel |
Area - land - water |
35.51 km 2 32.88 km 2 2.63 km 2 |
CBS code | 0281 |
Residents | 42,015 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 1183 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 51 ° 53 ' N , 5 ° 26' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0344 |
Postcodes | 4001-4007, 4013-4014, 4017, 4062 |
Website | Homepage of Tiel |
railway station |
Tiel ( Dutch municipality and former Hanseatic city in the province of Gelderland . According to the CBS, it had 42,015 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 . The municipality also includes the small villages of Wadenoijen and Kapel-Avezaath. Tiel is known for the Tiel fair cake, which is recognized as an intangible cultural heritage .
) is aLocation and economy
The city is located in the Betuwe countryside , on the north bank of the Waal River . The Linge brook used to flow into the Waal here, but has been dammed. The very important Amsterdam-Rhine Canal ends here and is connected to the Waal at this point via the Prince Bernhard Lock. Tiel also has an important inland port.
The city is connected to the A15 motorway ( Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Nijmegen ) by two exits . There are local trains to Utrecht and Arnhem.
The city is the “capital” of the Betuwe. It is the economic, cultural, educational and supply center of the region. At the point where in the Middle Ages a nuns convent of the Sisters of St. Agnes was, today is the 2000 and 2014 refurbished theater Agnietenhof, which is of national importance.
Tiel is in the middle of the most important fruit-growing area in the Netherlands, which is best known for its apples , pears , raspberries and cherries . The famous De Betuwe jam factory , which had helped shape Tiel's economic life for over a century, ended its activities in 1993. In addition to the large Daalderop factory founded in 1880, which produces energy-saving boilers and boilers , there are also many smaller companies. The industrial park is constantly being expanded.
The BKR has its seat in Tiel. This Bureau Kredietregistratie is an authority that registers loans taken out by private individuals. For example, if a bank wants to decide on a customer's loan application, it can check whether the customer has taken out unpaid loans elsewhere.
politics
College of Mayors and Aldermen
The College is for the period 2018 to 2022 of members of the coalition parties PvdA , Partij van de Burgers and VVD . They were appointed at a council meeting on June 5, 2018. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:
function | Surname | Political party | tasks | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
mayor | Hans Beenakker | VVD |
Department: public order and (integral) security, police, fire brigade and disaster control, coordination of enforcement, administrative organization and coordination, regional cooperation, communication and clarification, city marketing, general legal / public affairs (statutory tasks), complaint handling, coordination of Citizen participation, coordination of urban positioning |
in office since January 9, 2012 |
Alderman | Carla Kreuk-Wildeman | Partij van de Burgers |
Department: social affairs, poverty policy, social welfare law, old age policy, coordination of social competence areas, health care, recreation and tourism, sports Projects: new construction of the swimming pool, Fruitrijk , advice to the cities of Tiel, Harderwijk, Doetinchem and Zutphen (in cooperation with the mayors) District councilors: Tiel-Oost, Zennewijnen |
first deputy mayor |
Marcel Melissa | VVD |
Department: Finances, management (personnel and organization, information technology, facility management, services), education, basic education, child care, day-care centers, traffic, transport and mobility, housing and caravan matters, youth policy, assistance and health care Projects: Educational houses, Waalkade , Van Dijkhuizen , Westluidense Poort District Alderman : Tiel-Noord, Tiel-West |
second deputy mayor | |
Ben Brink | PvdA |
Department: Spatial planning, urban development and basic business, economic and medium-sized matters, coordination of the inner city, real estate, labor market and employment policy, integration, participation and emancipation, environment and sustainability, water management, culture, events, media policy Projects: auction site, Burense poort , cinema District councilor: Centrum, Kapel Avezaath |
third deputy mayor | |
Frank Groen | Partij van de Burgers |
Department: public work, port and ferry operations, cemeteries, parking, archeology and monuments, social-cultural work, animal welfare, building and housing supervision, play facilities and school-social work, coordination of district-specific work, welfare, public space and garbage Projects: Passewaaij bypass , development of the 9/10/11 Passewaaij district , development of the Santwijckse Poort District councilor: Passewaaij, Wadenoijen |
fourth deputy mayor | |
Community Secretary | Igor van der Valk | - | first adviser to the college, general director of the official organization | in office since April 2018 |
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:
Political party | Seats | |||||||||
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1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
Partij van de Burgers a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4th | 8th |
VVD | 5 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 6th | 5 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 5 |
D66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4th |
PvdA | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6th | 8th | 7th | 10 | 6th | 5 | 3 |
CDA | 5 | 6th | 7th | 5 | 5 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
GroenLinks | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
ProTiel | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 5 | 4th | 2 | 1 |
ChristenUnie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Powerful Tiel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Sociaal Tiel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
SGP | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - |
GPV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
RPF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
SP | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
PPR | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 21st | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25th | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
history
Tiel was founded as a trading settlement around 850 and soon took over the role of Dorestad after it was destroyed by Vikings around 880 . It traded with England and the German Rhineland . Kings of the Holy Roman Empire granted the place the right to mint in the 11th century . The Rhine toll , which was once located here, was transferred to Kaiserswerth in 1174 under Friedrich Barbarossa . The ties between the city and the Reich are still documented today by the imperial eagle in the municipal coat of arms.
In the 11th century, a silver coin from Tiel reached the Faroe Islands , as the coin find from Sandur shows. In the 13th century Tiel joined the German Hanseatic League . The merchants from Tiel did a lot of trade in the Baltic Sea before a decline occurred after 1500. During the Eighty Years War , Tiel was an important fortress on the river. At that time, the city was spared major war damage. During the Second World War, however, the city, which was at the front after the liberation of Brabant by the Allies in 1944 , was largely bombed. Only in the 1960s could all war damage be repaired. In 1995, the city had to be evacuated at short notice due to the threat of flooding .
Attractions
- Martinikirche (St. Maartenskerk), built in 1440, late Gothic
- Lutheran St. Caecilia Chapel , late Gothic
- Sint-Dominicuskerk, rebuilt in 1940, traditionalist
- City museum, which is partly housed in a city gate (Waterpoort) rebuilt in 1979 and partly in the “Heerensociëteit” building (1789). The collection is partly dedicated to the jam factory and the figure “Flipje”, created by its advertisers. Flipje (Philippchen) is a talking raspberry who experiences all kinds of adventures with her friends Flapoor Olifant, Jasper Aap and Bertje Big. These stories for children, which were extremely popular throughout Holland between 1945 and 1970, could be purchased by buyers of the jam (Dutch: jam, pronounce as in English). If you bought enough cans of these products, you could save the corresponding, colorful pictures.
- Monument of Flipje in the city center
- about 70 m long piece of the city fortification from the 17th century
- Ambtmanhuis - the bailiff's house; from the Middle Ages until well into the 18th century he was dikemaster and judge; can only be viewed from the outside
- Marina on the outskirts
- Fruit parade (fruit corso), a colorful moving from Prahl cars, which are composed of fruit; every year on the 3rd Saturday in September.
Sons and daughters of the church
- David Hendrik Chassé (1765–1849), general
- Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude (1788-1863), zoologist
- Ien van den Heuvel (1927-2010), politician
- Nico Rienks (* 1962), rower
- Bobbie Traksel (* 1981), racing cyclist
- Ergün Çakır (* 1983), football player
- Barry Maguire (born 1989), football player
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Tiel (Dutch)
- Website of the museum in Tiel (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Bert Leenders: Tiel heeft nieuw college. In: de Tielenaar. May 24, 2018, accessed July 22, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ Samenstelling college B&W Gemeente Tiel, accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)