Spijkenisse
is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an
administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard. It
is part of the Greater Rotterdam area.
Archaeological
research has shown that the area around Spijkenisse has been inhabited for many
thousands of years. The people then depended on fishing on the Meuse and
hunting in the swamps. The oldest reference to the name Spickenisse is from a
source from 1231. This name comes from the words spieke (spit) and nesse (nose)
meaning "pointy nose" in reference to a spit of land protruding along
the river.
Spijkenisse
formed as a farming and fishing village at a creek along the Oude Maas.
Initially it belonged to the Lord of Putten (whose coat of arms is now used by
the city) but in 1459 the fiefdom Putten, including Spijkenisse, was
transferred to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. In 1581, after the Dutch
declaration of independence, the area came under the control of the States of
Holland and West Frisia.
In
the 16th century the village suffered several floods. In the 17th and 18th
centuries it endured destructive fires which hampered its economic growth. In
the 20th century, it heavily urbanised as part of the Greater Rotterdam area.
Nowadays, Spijkenisse also includes the community of Hekelingen, as well as Den
Hoek and Beerenplaat.
City/town: Spijkenisse
Municipality: Nissewaard
Area: 30,27 km² (Nissewaard 98,82 km²)
Population: 72.545 (2014) (Nissewaard 84.797, 1 January
2019)
Website: nissewaard.nl
Post
office
Bruna
Winterakker
Winterakker
18
3206
TG SPIJKENISSE
Date sent: 7 July 2017
Date postmark: 7 July 2017
Date received: 8 July 2017
Number of days: 1
Envelope in collection: 216
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