Salland
Salland (Low Saxon: Sallaand) is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. Nowadays Salland is usually used to indicate a region corresponding to the part of the former dominion more or less to the west of Twente.
History
Salland (or Salalant, as it was known) is first mentioned during the early Middle Ages. The region is most likely named after the river IJssel, anciently known as Isala, and the lakeland Sallzee at the confluence of the rivers Vecht and IJssel. The region may be the original residence of the Salian Franks.[1]
Salalant at this time was a
Salalant gradually grew to the north as far as the rivers Meppelerdiep and Reest and to the west as far as the
When the Archbishop of Utrecht sold his domains to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1527, Salland became one of the three constituent parts of the new dominion of Overijssel, which in turn became one of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic in 1581 (Drenthe became a dominion in its own right).
Geography
The borders of Salland are not well defined, but the largest area which may be indicated by Salland, corresponding to the historical dominion, is bound to the west by the provincial border with
Geologically, most of Salland's landscape consists of a lowland covered with river
Salland is a low-lying area dominated by a number of
Three of Overijssel's major cities,
Nowadays however, Salland is usually used to indicate the rural area in between Deventer, Zwolle, Ommen and Rijssen-Holten, with Raalte being in the centre of that era and thus having been able to become the "unofficial capital" of Salland.[citation needed] The Salland tourism board describes Salland as the land in between the river IJssel and the hills, and agrees thus on a much smaller Salland than the historical dominion of that name.
Municipal reforms and the boundary with Twente
Intra-Overijssel
Extreme points of Salland
- Northernmost Point — northern edge of the municipality of Staphorst
- Southernmost Point — southern edge of the municipality of Deventer
- Westernmost Point — mouth of river IJssel, municipality of Kampen
- Easternmost Point — eastern edge of Hardenberg municipality
- Highest Point — Archemerberg hill near Lemele in the municipality of Ommen (77 m above sea level)
- Lowest point — Mastenbroek polder, municipality of Kampen (2 m below sea level)
(The boundary changes mentioned in the previous paragraph have no effect on the location of the
Inhabitants
The total population of Salland is estimated to be around 500.000, making up approximately half of the total inhabitants of the province of Overijssel (the other half being Twente).[2]
References
- ^ Perry, p. *Perry, Walter Copland (1857). The Franks, from their first appearance in history to the death of King Pepin. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
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External links
- (in Dutch) Salland Natuurlijk Gastvrij, pages of the Salland Board of Tourism