Leerdam

Leerdam is a city and previous municipality within the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, inside the Dutch province of Utrecht. Leerdam is first cited in 1143 and is stated as Ter Lede or Ter Leede. It is at that point a glory of the Lords of the Lede, from which the Van Arkel own family sprung. The men have it till 1305, after which the region comes into the hands of the lords of Arkel. In 1382 Leerdam obtained metropolis rights from Otto van Arkel, Leerdam obtained city rights a 2d time in 1407 from Willem VI of Holland.

After the Arkel Wars 1401 to 1412, the mortgage from Arkel was accumulated by using Holland. In 1428 the Egmont House acquired the vicinity till the mid 15th century, and then it got here to the Oranje Nassau House. The river Linge, surrounded with the aid of reeds and lots of water lilies, partly determines the ecosystem of the panorama. The city is placed in the japanese a part of the Vijfheerenlanden. The wealthy records of the city of Leerdam may be found in well-preserved ancient buildings inclusive of the Grote Kerk, the Hofje of Mrs. Van Aerden, the final and partly restored metropolis partitions of the Zuidwal and the Oude Raadhuis.