- Giessendam
Giessendam is a town in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is located about 10 km east ofDordrecht , on the riverBeneden-Merwede .Giessendam was a separate municipality until 1957, when it merged with
Hardinxveld to form the new municipalityofHardinxveld-Giessendam . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]Giessendam is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of Dordrecht, on the river Beneden-Merwede.
Giessendam was a separate municipality until 31st December 1956. The last born person in Giessendam was Flip den Uil (25/12/1956). On January 1st 1957 Giessendam merged with Hardinxveld to form the new municipalityof Hardinxveld-Giessendam. [1]
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/giessendam.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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