Middelburg
About Middelburg
Middelburg is a metropolis and municipality inside the south-western Netherlands serving because the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated at the primary peninsula of the Zeeland province, Midden-Zeeland inclusive of former islands Walcheren, Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland, it has a populace of about 48,000. In phrases of technology, Middelburg played a role inside the Scientific Revolution on the early current duration. The metropolis changed into traditionally a middle of lens crafting inside the Golden Age of Dutch technological know-how and era. The invention of the microscope and telescope is regularly credited to Middelburg spectacle-makers including Zacharias Janssen and Hans Lippershey inside the past due 16th century and early 17th century.
The metropolis of Middelburg dates returned probable to the overdue eighth century or early 9th century. The first mention of Middelburg was as one of 3 fortified towns erected on Walcheren to protect in opposition to Viking raids. In 844 a monastery became constructed on the web page, which remained an active Catholic foundation till the Reformation. Foundations for Middelburg's "stately and picturesque" cathedral one in all simplest two pre-Reformation cathedrals in The Netherlands, at the side of St. Martin's in Utrecht were first laid in the tenth century; additional creation persevered via the Middle Ages.
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