Tiel

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Tiel
Municipality
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Location in Gelderland
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Tiel
Location within the Netherlands
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Tiel
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 51°53′N5°26′E / 51.883°N 5.433°E / 51.883; 5.433
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 •  Mayor Frank van der Meijden (CDA)
Area
[2]
 • Total
35.51 km2 (13.71 sq mi)
 • Land32.88 km2 (12.70 sq mi)
 • Water2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation
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7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (January 2021) [4]
 • Total
41,920
 • Density1,275/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demonym Tielenaar
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
4000–4007, 4013–4014, 4017, 4062
Area code 0344
Website www.tiel.nl
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Dutch Topographic map of Tiel (town), as of March 2014

Tiel (Dutch pronunciation: [til] ⓘ ) is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel-Avezaath, Tiel and Wadenoijen. The city was founded in the 5th century CE.

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The town of Tiel

Tiel is the largest town in the Betuwe area, which is famous for being one of the centres of Dutch fruit production. Orchards in the area produce apples, pears, plums and cherries. Tiel once housed the famous jam factory De Betuwe. After production was moved to Breda in 1993, the entire complex was demolished, although a part was reconstructed later. Reminding of this industry is a jam manufacturing museum and a statue of Flipje, the raspberry-based comic figure who starred in De Betuwe's, jam factory advertisements since the 1930s.

Originally located on the Linge river Tiel became an important centre of trade in the early Middle Ages, especially after the demise of Dorestad in the 9th century. Tiel had two big churches, one of which, the St. Walburg, was a collegiate church that belonged to the Teutonic Knights and vanished after the Reformation while the other church, the St. Maarten, became Protestant. Much of the historic centre was destroyed during the Second World War.

Every year, on the third Saturday in September, a festival known as Fruitcorso is held to celebrate the fruit harvest from the Betuwe area. On this day, a parade of wagons, decorated with fruit, travels through the city. Appelpop is a free, two-day music event that is held yearly on the second Friday and Saturday of September.

Tiel has also been known for its pewter industry. The last pewter factory and museum, which mainly produced collectibles for tourists, went bankrupt in early 2004, but has since been revived.

Ancient history

Stonehenge of the Netherlands
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Map of Tiel, Netherlands
Created4000–4500 BCE
Discovered2017
Present location Tiel
(Artifacts that were found) Multiple institutions, including the National Museum of Antiquity in Leiden and the Flipje & Streekmuseum

Roman artifacts (Rings, statues, grave stones etc) have been found in Tiel. [5]

The "Stonehenge of the Netherlands" is an ancient site that is over 4,000 years old. [6] The structure shows a similarity to Stonehenge in southern England; so it was dubbed "Stonehenge of the Netherlands" by the local media. [7] [8]

It was used as a burial mound and for religious practices. [9] It is located in Tiel, Netherlands, and its excavation started in 2017. [10] [11] According to the town's website, this was the first such discovery in the Netherlands. [12] [13] [14]

The mound contained remains of around 60 individuals. [15] Three mounds were discovered; the main one is about 20 metres (65 ft) in diameter. Its passages align with the sun at equinoxes and solstices, and according to the archeologists it served as a solar calendar. [16] [17] [18]

Around one million objects, dating from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman Empire and throughout the Middle Ages, have been found. The oldest artifacts can be traced back to 2500 BCE. [19] [20] [21]

One of the most interesting finds was a glass bead which is the oldest ever discovered in the Netherlands. [22] The archeologists think it originated in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq. [23] The group assumes that the Bronze Age inhabitants of this area had contact with groups more than 3,000 miles away. [24] [25] [26]

The archaeologists also discovered offerings like animal skeletons, human skulls and bronze spearheads. [27] [28] [29]

Notable people

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General D H Chassé, 1832

Public service

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Mary Dresselhuys, 1982

The arts

Sport

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Wilma van Velsen, 1984

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  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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