Brielle
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Area code | 0181 |
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Brielle (pronounced [ˈbrilə] ⓘ), also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a town and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten, at the mouth of the New Maas. The former municipality covered an area of 31.14 km2 (12.02 sq mi) of which 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi) was water. In 2021 its population was 17,439.
The former municipality of Brielle also included the communities of Vierpolders and Zwartewaal.
On 1 January 2023, the municipality of Brielle merged with Hellevoetsluis and Westvoorne into the new municipality of Voorne aan Zee.
History
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the
During the
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In Dutch, "de bril" is the word for "the glasses," and closely rhymes with Den Briel; as does "Fles" which stands for the town of Vlissingen or Flushing, the next town to be captured by the Dutch rebels.
After the capture of Brielle the Protestant rebels tortured and murdered the Catholic Martyrs of Gorkum and Brielle has become a pilgrimage location since then.
In August 1585, Brielle was
In 1617, these cities returned to the Netherlands.Twin cities
Brielle is
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Notable people
- Anabaptistexecuted as a heretic, a Protestant martyr.
- Willem Bloys van Treslong (1529–1594), a nobleman, lead the Sea Beggars and the Capture of Brielle in 1572.
- Maarten Tromp (1598 in Brielle – 1653), a Dutch army general and admiral in the Dutch navy
- First Anglo-Dutch war
- Ludowyk Smits (1635 in Zwartewaal – 1707), a Dutch Golden Age painter
- Lieutenant Admiral
- Constantijn van Daalen (1884 in Brielle – 1931), a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Toon Tellegen (born 1941 in Brielle), a Dutch writer and poet, known for children's books and a physician
See also
Gallery
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Brielle, church: de Sint Catharijne kerk
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Brielle, monumental houses at the Wellerondom
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Brielle - panoramio
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Brielle, former orphanage
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Brielle, monumental houses Vischstraat
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 3231AP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Garrett Mattingly (1959), The Armada, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Ch. V, "Plans of Operations", p. 44.
External links
- Official website (some pages in English)
- http://www.catharijnekerk.nl Website of St Catharijnekerk