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    Default Flevoland: A Dutch Province Made From Land Reclaimed From The Sea

    Flevoland

    Flevoland became a province in 1986 and is largely made of land
    reclaimed from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century.



    The flag of Flevoland was adopted on January 9, 1986.


    The flag is tierced in fess azure, or and vert.

    The flag recalls how the new province was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer. The central yellow stripe, wavy then straight, symbolises the transformation of the sea into land. Its colour symbolises rapeseed, planted to stabilise the land. The blue represents water, the green the land.

    The white fleur-de-lys (lily) is a pun, known in heraldry as canting arms. It commemorates Cornelis Lely, designer of the original polders, essential to the province. The flag of Lelystad, the provincial capital, is decorated with the same flower.

    Flevoland is the twelfth and last province of the Netherlands, established on 1 January 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders were merged into one provincial entity. It is located where the former Zuiderzee was. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed only in the 1950s and 1960s.

    The province has about 407,905 inhabitants (2016) and consists of 6 municipalities. Its capital is Lelystad and most populous city Almere.


    Location of Flevoland in the Netherlands

    History

    After a flood in 1916, it was decided that the Zuiderzee, an inland sea within the Netherlands, would be enclosed and reclaimed: the Zuiderzee Works started. Other sources indicate other times and reasons, but also agree that in 1932, the Afsluitdijk was completed, which closed off the sea completely. The Zuiderzee was subsequently divided into IJsselmeer (lake at the end of the river IJssel) and Markermeer, which in itself was planned to be mostly drained to make the Markerwaard. However, for economic reasons, the Markerwaard never went ahead.


    Coordinates: 52°32′N 5°40′E

    The first part of the new lake that was reclaimed was the Noordoostpolder (English: Northeast polder) in 1939. This new land included the former islands of Urk and Schokland and it was included in the province of Overijssel. After this, other parts were reclaimed: the southeastern part in 1957 and the southwestern part in 1968.

    There was an important change in these post-war projects from the earlier Noordoostpolder reclamation: a narrow body of water was preserved along the old coast to stabilise the water table and to prevent coastal towns from losing their access to the sea. Thus the Flevopolder became an artificial island joined to the mainland by bridges. The municipalities on the three parts voted to become a separate province, which happened in 1986.

    Geography

    Eastern Flevoland (Oostelijk Flevoland or Oost-Flevoland) and Southern Flevoland (Zuidelijk Flevoland or Zuid-Flevoland), unlike the Noordoostpolder, have peripheral lakes between them and the mainland: the Veluwemeer and Gooimeer respectively, making them, together, the world's largest artificial island.

    They are two polders with a joint hydrological infrastructure, with a dividing dike in the middle, the Knardijk, that will keep one polder safe if the other is flooded. The two main drainage canals that traverse the dike can be closed by floodgates in such an event. The pumping stations are the Wortman (diesel powered) at Lelystad-Haven, the Lovink near Harderwijk on the mainland and the Colijn (both electrically powered) along the northern dike beside the Ketelmeer.


    Northeastern Flevoland: Noordoostpolder

    A new element in the design of Eastern Flevoland is the larger city Lelystad (1966), named after Cornelis Lely, the man who had played a crucial role in designing and realising the Zuiderzee Works. Other more conventional settlements already existed by then; Dronten, the major local town, was founded in 1962, followed by two smaller satellite villages, Swifterbant and Biddinghuizen, in 1963. These three were incorporated in the new municipality of Dronten on 1 January 1972.


    Eastern and Southern Flevoland: Flevopolder

    Southern Flevoland has only one pumping station, the diesel powered De Blocq van Kuffeler. Because of the hydrological union of the two Flevolands it simply joins the other three in maintaining the water-level of both polders. Almere relieves the housing shortage and increasing overcrowding on the old land. Its name is derived from the early medieval name for Lacus Flevo.

    Almere was to be divided into 3 major settlements initially; the first, Almere-Haven (1976) situated along the coast of the Gooimeer (one of the peripheral lakes), the second and largest was to fulfill the role of city centre as Almere-Stad (1980) and the third was Almere-Buiten (1984) to the northwest towards Lelystad. In 2003, the municipality made a new Structuurplan which started development of three new settlements: Overgooi in the southeast, Almere-Hout in the east, and Almere-Poort in the West. In time, Almere-Pampus could be developed in the northwest, with possibly a new bridge over the IJmeer towards Amsterdam.


    Map of Flevoland, 2018

    The Oostvaardersplassen is a landscape of shallow pools, islets and swamps. Originally, this low part of the new polder was destined to become an industrial area. Spontaneous settlement of interesting flora & fauna turned the area into a nature park, of such importance that the new railway-line was diverted. The recent decline in agricultural land use will in time make it possible to expand natural land use, and connect the Oostvaardersplassen to the Veluwe.

    The centre of the polder most closely resembles the pre-war polders in that it is almost exclusively agricultural. In contrast, the southeastern part is dominated by extensive forests. Here is also found the only other settlement of the polder, Zeewolde (1984), again a more conventional town acting as the local centre. Zeewolde became a municipality at the same time as Almere on 1 January 1984, which in the case of Zeewolde meant that the municipality existed before the town itself, with only farms in the surrounding land to be governed until the town started to grow.

    Municipalities



    1. Almere – far west of southern island

    2. Dronten – far east of southern island

    3. Lelystad – middle of northern edge of southern island

    4. Noordoostpolder – most of north-eastern polder

    5. Urk – small area on west of north-eastern polder

    6. Zeewolde – southern part of southern island

    Transport

    Rail


    Almere Centrum railway station

    The Flevopolder is served by the Flevolijn, running from Weesp to Lelystad, and the Hanzelijn, continuing from Lelystad towards Zwolle. The two railways stations of the province with intercity services are Almere Centrum and Lelystad Centrum.


    Lelystad Centrum railway station

    Furthermore, Lelystad Zuid is a planned railway station between Almere Oostvaarders and Lelystad Centrum. It has been partially constructed preceding the opening of the railway in 1988, but construction has been put on indefinite hold because of slower-than-expected development of the city of Lelystad.

    Railway stations in Flevoland

    North Holland – Almere Poort – Almere Muziekwijk – Almere Centrum – Almere Parkwijk – Almere Buiten – Almere Oostvaarders – Lelystad Centrum

    Lelystad Centrum – Dronten – Overijssel

    Amongst the cities with direct train connections to Flevoland are Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Zwolle, Groningen, Leeuwarden and Schiphol Airport.

    Airports

    There are two airports in the province: Lelystad Airport and Noordoostpolder Airport.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland
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    The Zuiderzee Works (Dutch: Zuiderzeewerken) is a man-made system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage work, in total the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century. The project involved the damming of the Zuiderzee, a large, shallow inlet of the North Sea, and the reclamation of land in the newly enclosed water using polders. Its main purposes are to improve flood protection and create additional land for agriculture.

    The American Society of Civil Engineers declared these works, together with the Delta Works in the South-West of the Netherlands, as among the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

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    The Netherlands is the lowest country in Europe. It is literally a low country, with 26 percent of the Netherlands sitting below sea level and some 60 percent of the population living 5m below sea level.

    It’s highest point is Vaalserberg which is just 322 metres above sea level and the lowest point is Zuidplaspolder which is seven metres below sea level.

    Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where most visitors land, is three metres below sea level.

    The Netherlands is famously known as one of the "low countries".

    Most of the land of the Netherlands has been reclaimed through strategic water management techniques dating back to the Middle Ages. Lakes and marshes have been drained, and many cities are surrounded by dikes that hold back the seawater.

    In fact, the most densely populated areas lie just behind these dikes. Buildings in these areas are often built on concrete piles anchored up to 65 feet deep into the silt.

    The Netherlands also experience high winds, since there is little topographic variance to slow the wind coming in off of the seas.

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    What you see above is only half the program as this is only the Eastern polder, the Western polder (Markerwaard) was never drained. This is a plan dating back to 1974:



    It would have been home to a new city, new agricultural zones, industrial areas, natural preserves, forests and a new national airport. The plan was shelved and later on scrapped. Only the dike connecting Enkhuizen to Lelystad is a reminder of the program.



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    The Dutch should return this region to its rightful and indigenous inhabitants, the fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellbeaking View Post
    The Dutch should return this region to its rightful and indigenous inhabitants, the fish.
    You have a Dutch sense of humour.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellbeaking View Post
    The Dutch should return this region to its rightful and indigenous inhabitants, the fish.
    The last two times the sea tried to take back its loot, we decided to colonise even more. Here is my message to the fish: don't fuck with us. We ain't playing.



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