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  • Delft is located in South Holland between The Hague and Rotterdam and has 98000 inhabitants.. <9> The university city is one of the oldest Dutch cities and therefore attracts visitors, especially in its old town, with numerous sights from the golden age of commerce <9> Delft´s cityscape is that of a canal-covered, historic city characterized by patrician houses from the Renaissance and the Brabant gothic.. <9> <9> As a result, Amsterdam has become one of Amsterdam´s most popular tourist destinations, not least because of the Delft ceramics and porcelain factories that produce the famous Delft Blue faience.. <9> <9> Geographically interesting is that the city is 2-4 m below sea level and thus constantly has to be drained via canals and polders, which happened from the 14th century using windmills.. <9> <9> History <9> <9> * 1071 Founded by Gottfried the Hunchback, who dug an artificial canal, today´s Oude Delf.. From this channel comes the name of the city.. <9> * 15. 4. 1246 Delft receives the city right of William of Holland.. As a result, various monasteries and convents, as well as urban extensions from 1268 to 1355, which extended the city area to its present size of 100 hectares. <9> The city fortification (today only at the east gate) emerged until the mid-15th century.. <9> * Development into a trading town for agricultural and cloth products, until around 1500 100 breweries were established <9> * 1252 Opening of the hospital at the Kornmarkt <9> * 1271 Construction of the Beguinage <9> * 1351 Construction of the Nieuwe Kerk <9> * 1389 excavation of the Delfshavense Schie, a canal that led to the seaport of Delfshaven and thus freed the city from the payment of duties and dues from maritime towns such as Rotterdam <9> * 1620 reconstruction of the town hall, destroyed after a fire (1536) [9] * 1568 conflict with Spain, which led to the 80th war and made trade so difficult that an economic decline was inevitable <9> At the same time, the city became the center of resistance <9> * 1572 Prince Willem of Oranje relocates his residence to Delft <9.> * 10. 7. 1584 Prince Willem dies in an assassination attempt at the residence, burial in Nieuwe Kerk, which has since become the final resting place for the members of the Oranje family. Serves <9> * about 1702 shipyards built, which build 111 ships for the company <9> * 1632 year of birth of Jan Vermeer, one of the most famous painters of the Golden Age, fortified.. <9> End of the 17th century.. the Delft porcelain manufactories, which were based on material and fineness of Chinese porcelain, boomed in the 17th century as well.. Delft is the main weapon camp of the armed forces and guards ´Holland´s secret´: in the middle of the city, stored in the basement of the former Clarissen monastery 40 000 kilograms of gunpowder.. Unfortunately, the camp blew up in 1654 in a massive explosion and reduced the city center to rubble.. This was the so-called ´Delft Thunder Strike´.. <9> * From 1672 the economy is going downhill, many factories can not survive and in the end only the manufactory De Porceleyne Fles survives.. <9> * 25. 11. 1940 Delft student uprising, killing 190 students <9> With the uprising, students, professors and employees of the Delft Technical University protested against the dismissal of all Jewish officials.. <9> * 2008 Major fire at TU Delft <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> * Stadhus from 13th century, market 87 <9> * Stadtwaage from 1770, directly behind the town hall <9> * Markt, with 120x50m one of the great markets of Holland, stand of many bars, restaurants and cafes <9> * Nieuwe Kerk of 1396, market 80 <9> * Oude Kerk of 1250, Holy Geestkerkhof 25 <9> * Prinsenhof of 1400, Sint Agathaplein 1 <9> * Reich Museum Lambert van Meerten, Oude Delft 199, Van Meerten Tile Collection <9> * 16th-century Gemeenlandshuis (Deichamt), Oude Delft 167 <9> * Armamentarium (Arms Museum), Korte Geer 1 <9> * Oostpoort city gate from 1400, Oosteinde 80 <9> * Medisch Farmaceutisch Museum De Griffioen, Koornmarkt 66 <9> * Maria van Jessekerk, Burgwal 20, the most beautiful church in Delft <9> <9> For more information about the Delft tiles would like <1001> to find ONLINE informational material here} and in the manufactory De Porceleyne Fles on Rotterdamseweg <9>

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Motorhome place Delftse Hout

CP ()2616 Delft Zuidholland Netherlands
Pay for use site 25.70 until 30.70 Euro
WMSEN DwcWvTvU
open 28.März until 1.November

Motorhome place campsite Delftlandhoeve

CP ()2628 Delft Netherlands
Pay for use site 24.4 Euro
WMSEN DwcU
open 19.April until 1.September

Selected parking spaces

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Ackerdijkse Bos
Niederlande 2629 Delft RotterdamsewegRotterdamseweg
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Ackerdijkse Bos
Niederlande 2627 Delft HoofboschpadViale Bernardo Gaggini
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Allgemeiner Parkplatz
niederlande 2616 LJ Delft Bieslandsepad
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Parkplatz am Bahnhof
niederlande 3112 HJ Schiedam

Selected sights

Selected gastronomy

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McDonalds Delft Centrum
niederlande 2611MA Delft, Delft
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McDonalds Delft Noord
niederlande 2616LZ Delft, Delft Kleveringweg
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McDonalds Rijswijk
niederlande 2284 DP Rijswijk, Rijswijk
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McDonalds Rotterdam Spaanse Polder
niederlande 3044 EL Rotterdam, Rotterdam Galateestraat

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