Dordrecht

Dordrecht is with 118,667 populations the 5th municipality of the Dutch province South Holland. Dordrecht is a part of the Drechtsteden metropolitan agglomeration, which has around 280,000 population. The metropolis is located in which the Merwede divides into the North and the Old Maas. The municipality of Dordrecht covers the entire Island of Dordrecht. The citizens of Dordrecht often name their town Dordt. Dordrecht has four police stations, two hearth stations, a clinic and a prison.

The metropolis of Dordrecht originated at the river Thure inside the center of peat bogs. The Thure changed into a branch of the river Dubbel and ran about at the height of the contemporary Bagijnhof. The unique name of Dordrecht is Thuredrith. This approach ford within the river Thure". Thuredrith might exchange to Dordrecht over time, is one among numerous call statements. The oldest point out for the metropolis dates from round 1120. Around that year, in a part of the Annalen van Egmond, the homicide of Count Dirk IV in 1049 "close to Dordrecht" changed into said.