Hulst

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Hulst
The basilica of Hulst

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The location of Hulst
Country Netherlands
Province Zeeland
Area (2006)
 - Total 251.09 km2 (96.9 sq mi)
 - Land 201.48 km2 (77.8 sq mi)
 - Water 49.61 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 28,021
 - Density 139/km2 (360/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Hulst (242 Hulst.ogg pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeelandic Flanders.

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[edit] History

Map of the star fort

Hulst received city rights in the 12th century.

In the seventeenth century, a star fort was constructed.[1]

In 1645, there was the Siege of Hulst by Prince Frederick Henry, during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648).

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Dutch) Geschiedenis van Hulst. Hulst Vestingstad. Retrieved on 2009-05-08.

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