Hoogvliet Rotterdam 2

The next stop on my route was only three metro stations away from Pernis: metro Zalmplaat. This lies in Hoogvliet, also a part of Rotterdam municipality. it was eleven o'clock in the morning and already getting quite warm. The streets were deserted, only in the shopping center I saw some people. The post office was located in a DA Drogist (chemist's) where I got my 25th placename.

Hoogvliet is a former village and municipality in the province of South-Holland. The eldest record of the name Hoogvliet - also known as Oedenvliet, Oudenvliet and Odenvliet - dates from 26 May 1326. It was named after Oda (Oede) van Putten, second of the three daughters of Lord Nicolaas III van Putten and Lady Aleida van Strijen, who received this land as a dowry in 1315 for het marriage to Willem IV van Horne. Until 1811 Hoogvliet remained an independent 'ambacht' (amt or shire). From 1811 to 1818 Hoogvliet was part of the municipality of Poortugaal. From 1818 to 1934 it was a municipalty in its own right. In 1934 it was annexed by Rotterdam, together with Pernis.

The territory was partially used for industry. In the 1950s and 1960s almost the whole original village was demolished for houses and shopping centers. Only the old church and a few buildings around it remain.

City/town:       Hoogvliet

Municipality:   Rotterdam

Area:              10,73 km² (Rotterdam 325,79 km²)

Population:    34.495 (2017) (Rotterdam 544.527, 1 January 2019)

Website:        rotterdam.nl

Post office

DA Drogisterij & Parfumerie De Meeuw Zalmplaat

In de Fuik 47

3192 HD  HOOGVLIET ROTTERDAM

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da.nl/da-de-meeuw-rotterdam-hoogvliet

Date sent: 7 July 2017

Date postmark: 7 July 2017

Date received: 8 July 2017

Number of days: 1

Envelope in collection: 215