Barendrecht

Barendrecht is a city and lordship within the Netherlands, positioned as a suburb of Rotterdam within the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of forty 8,474 in 2017, and covers an area of 21.73 km2 of which 1.Ninety km2 is water. The author Jan Geurt Gaarlandt has been Lord of Barendrecht considering that 1995. The municipality of Barendrecht additionally consists of the following communities: Barendrecht-Carnisselande, Smitshoek. The name "Barendrecht" is derived from the Germanic phrase birni, translated as "dust" or "muddy", and the Latin word traiectum translated as "to cross" to denote a muddy river crossing.

The present day municipality of Barendrecht is positioned within the location of three former fiefdoms: East-Barendrecht, West-Barendrecht, and Carnisse. The oldest connection with East-Barendrecht is from 1264. These fiefdoms were in Riederwaard, an area reclaimed from water for the reason that 12th century but had to address frequent dike breaches all through the 13th and 14th centuries. Further degrees in land reclamation, constituting the important a part of cutting-edge Barendrecht, had been the Binnenland polder, Buitenland polder and Zuidpolder.