Sliedrecht () is a town and municipality in the western

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province of

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water. Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including

Boskalis Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a Dutch dredging and heavylift company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure internationally. The company has one of the world's largest dredging fleets, a la ...

and IHC Merwede) that come from it. The Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht every two years. The first

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store in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the ''Nationaal Baggermuseum'' (National Dredging Museum) - featuring

dredging Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing d ...

and salvage.

Topology

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Sliedrecht, June 2015''

Public transportation

Sliedrecht railway station and Sliedrecht Baanhoek railway station are situated on the Geldermalsen–Dordrecht railway. Waterbus route 2: *

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...

Merwekade - Dordrecht Hooikade - Zwijndrecht Veerplein -

Papendrecht Papendrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is ...

Veerdam - Papendrecht Oosteind - Hollandse

Biesbosch De Biesbosch National Park is one of the largest national parks in the Netherlands and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe. The Biesbosch ('forest of sedges' or 'rushwoods') consists of a large ...

- Sliedrecht Middeldiep

Notable people

* Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941) was a Dutch politician and theologian *

Wina Born Wina Born-Meijer ( Sliedrecht, 21 August 1920 – Amsterdam, 6 August 2001) was a Dutch journalist. She is often named as ''de moeder van de Nederlandse gastronomie'' (English: ''The mother of the Dutch gastronomy''). She has written about a hund ...

(1920–2001) was a Dutch journalist and writer of cooking books *

Aad Nuis Adrianus "Aad" Nuis (18 July 1933 – 8 November 2007) was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and political scientist.d'Haen, Theo & Bertens, Hans (eds.) (1997) ''Closing the Gap: American Postmodern Fiction in Germany, Italy, Sp ...

(1933–2007) was a Dutch politician and political scientist * Bas van der Vlies (1942–2021) was a retired Dutch politician and teacher * Jorien van den Herik (born 1943) is a Dutch business man, Chairman of

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called ...

1992/2006 *

Joop Hartog "Joop" (Joost) Hartog (born June 29, 1946, in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands) is a Dutch economist and an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. He ranks among the most important Dutch labour economists and was elected to be ...

(born 1946) is a Dutch labour economist and academic

Sport

* Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls (1889–1932) was a Dutch fencer, team bronze medallist at the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

* Johan de Kock (born 1964) is a former Dutch football central defender with 449 club caps * Daniël Mensch (born 1978) is a Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Gallery

File:Gereformeerde kerk Sliedrecht - foto6 2010-06-27 15.29.jpg, Gereformeerde kerk Sliedrecht File:Sliedrecht, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg, Sliedrecht File:Sliedrecht aan de Beneden Merwede 2018 1.jpg, Sliedrecht aan de Beneden Merwede

References

External links

Official websiteNationaal Baggermuseum
Municipalities of South Holland Populated places in South Holland Alblasserwaard Drechtsteden {{SouthHolland-geo-stub