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Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Summary
Zwijndrecht (ˈzʋɛi̯ndrɛxt) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, at the southern tip of the island of IJsselmonde, and at the confluence of the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden-Merwede, and Noord.
The town of Zwijndrecht is one of the "Drecht" cities. Part of the suburban zone south of Rotterdam, it has grown from around 6,000 inhabitants in 1960, to about 45,000 today.
Since 2003, the municipality of Zwijndrecht also includes the villages of Heerjansdam and Kleine-Lindt. It had a population of in .
Zwijndrecht has the highest concentration of Estonians in the Netherlands.
The Evangelical Theological Academy is located here.
Zwijndrecht developed in the middle ages, presumably close to a shallow area of the Oude Maas allowing people to walk over from Dordrecht. Soon Zwijndrecht was profiting from Dordrecht's economic influence this was the economic heart of the Netherlands in the 1450's. Important to the development of Zwijndrecht was the water around the city, across the middle ages most citizens lived from fish cought in the nearby rivers.
From the 17th century Zwijndrecht was renowned for their Holticulture products, some of which was even being exported to England or Germany. The Zwijndrechtse vegetable auction next to their railroad was one of the largest in the country.
Later in the 19th century Zwijndrecht transformed into a industrial town containing glass factories, soap factories and shipyards. Other products like beer, rice and chocolate were also being produced.
In 2003 the small village Heerjansdam was included into the municipality of Zwijndrecht upping their population to around 45 thousand.
The town is served by a railway station of the same name (Station Zwijndrecht).
By train you go north to Rotterdam and The Hague, and south it takes you to either Breda or Roosendaal.
Water bus routes 21 and 24 both stop at (Zwijndrecht Veerplein), connecting it with the following:
Dordrecht Merwekade
Dordrecht Hooikade
The road buses are operated by Qbuzz.
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