Hillegersberg
Sign in to saveHillegersberg () is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Primarily a green residential area with lakes, canals and parks, it was incorporated into the city of Rotterdam in 1941. Settlement around its Hillegonda church was first established here in 990.
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- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Demonym
- Hillegersberger
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 1447
- Location
- Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
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Hillegersberg () is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Primarily a green residential area with lakes, canals and parks, it was incorporated into the city of Rotterdam in 1941. Settlement around its Hillegonda church was first established here in 990.
==History== thumb|Period drawing of the early layout and form of the in Hillegersberg Hillegersberg was named after Hildegard van Vlaanderen, wife of Count Dirk II of Holland and West Friesland (920-988). The village was founded on a hill, form by a ridge of sand known locally as a donk or morre. Local flint finds here indicate pre-historic occupation and later discoveries of Roman pottery, medals as well as a bust of Emperor Hadrian show subsequent early activity in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hillegersberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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