All Saints' Flood (1170)

All Saints' Flood (1170)

The All Saints' Flood of 1170 (Allerheiligenvloed) was a catastrophic flood in The Netherlands that took place in 1170. Large parts of the Northern Netherlands, and Holland territories were overflowed. This is the flood that made the Zuider Zee. "Lake Flevo" was once a fresh water lake, but after this flood a sea channel opened a connection from the North Sea into the lake through 'Creiler Forest', and turned the lake into the salt-water sea known as the Zuider Zee. The Creiler Forest vanished forever under the waves.

The sea area increased inside the The Netherlands and large peat areas developed, which were easily washed away.

References

* [http://www.livius.org/opinion/opinion0008.html Rome's Greatest Defeat, A Review - All Saints' Flood of 1170] . File retrieved March 11, 2007.


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