Kralingen
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| Country |  Netherlands |
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| Province | South Holland | ||
| COROP | Rotterdam | ||
| Borough | Kralingen-Crooswijk | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough Kralingen-Crooswijk.
Kralingen was a separate municipality until 1895, when it merged with Rotterdam.[1] Previously, the high society of the growing city in the 19th century had their pleasure gardens and villas erected there.
It is home to the Kralingse Plas, a large surface water used for recreation, and the Kralingse Bos, a forest of 2 square kilometres that welcomed 100,000 visitors for the Kralingen Music Festival in 1970 which was the "European answer to Woodstock".
Arsenal footballer Robin van Persie was born and spent much of his youth in Kralingen.
When Rotterdam was bombed on 14 May 1940, a large portion of Kralingen went up in flames with it.
[edit] References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
[edit] External links
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Kralingen". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
Coordinates: 51°55′30″N 4°30′26″E / 51.925°N 4.50722°E
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