Row of poles in the old town of Schiedam by Kok and Kok

About "Row of poles in the old town of Schiedam"

by Kok and Kok

About the artwork

chiedam arose in the same way as after the big neighbor Rotterdam near the mouth of the Schie was probably around 1230 by Mr. Wassenaar and / or Mr Dirk Bokel craft Mathenesse built a dam to protect the polder land against the seawater. In 1247 was Adelaide of Holland at her wedding to John I, Count of Hainaut the eastern part of the dam (and the polder) as a wedding gift. This dam attracted to trading because goods for the hinterland (Delft, and later Leiden and Haarlem) here had to be beaten. The town quickly gained city rights: these were issued in 1275 by Lady Adelaide of Holland (Aleida Avesnes), the sister of Count William II of Holland. She had a castle built here, the "House to Riviere." Remnants of a dungeon, which was part of this castle are today still be seen in the center of Schiedam, next to the city hall Schiedam Broersvest.

As a young settlement Schiedam was soon competition: 1340 1389 in Rotterdam and Delft got permission to build a water link between the Schie and the Meuse. From the fifteenth century flourished around the devotion to the Holy Liduinastraat, who lived in Schiedam. The city was then given meaning by the herring fishery. In 1428 found in Schiedam a great fire place.

The eighteenth century was Schiedams Golden Age: the stalled beverage imports from France made the rise of the Schiedam distillery possible. From dozens of yeasts and spirits was Schiedam gin exported all over the world. The gin industry Schiedam nicknamed "Bla