Poortugaal
is a village that is situated near the municipality of Rotterdam. Together with
Rhoon, Poortugaal forms the municipality of Albrandswaard. The village has a
long history dating back to the 15th century. It has a church dating from that
period. It used to be a village of farmers growing fuit, vegetables and flax.
Nowadays most people work in Rotterdam or the harbours.
The
name is probably derived from Portugal. Since the coat of arms of Poortugaal
and Portugal show many similarities it is thought that the inhabitants of the area
got acquainted with the Portuguese during the crusades and named their new
impoldered land (12th-13th century) after them. Since January 1, 1985, the
village has been part of the municipality of Albrandswaard together with Rhoon.
The village has a connection to the city of Rotterdam by Rotterdam Metro line
D, through Poortugaal station.
The
stamp I put on my envelope was the one with the 'Hollands kuifhoen' (for some strange
reason in English: Polish chicken) from the chicken series of 2017, because
Poortugaal still has an active poultry club.
City/town: Poortugaal
Municipality: Albrandswaard
Area: 7,46 km² (Albrandswaard 23,76 km²)
Population: 9.645 (2018) (Albrandswaard 25.292, 1
January 2019)
Website: albrandswaard.nl
Post office
Lolox
Dorpsstraat
1
3171
ED POORTUGAAL
(due
to personal and financial problems the shop, and therefore the post office, closed
on 10 August 2018, only a webshop for wool remains)
Date sent: 7 July 2017
Date postmark: 7 July 2017
Date received: 8 July 2017
Number of days: 1
Envelope in collection: 217
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