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Amsterdam - Netherlands
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and has 746,000 inhabitants. Amsterdam lies at the muzzle of the Amstel and the IJ into the IJsselmeer in the province's north fetching country. Amsterdam is connected to the North Sea through the North Sea channel, protected against inundations and run by numerous canals with a dam.
Story of Amsterdam
In the 12th century today's province was hardly Holland habitably for the most part. It was a very damp field, consisting of bog and marshland mainly. This landscape was cut through by several rivers. One of these rivers was the Amstel which led into the IJ. A small settlement arose around a dam in the river toward the end of the twelfth century. The city of Amsterdam owes its name to this dam in the Amstel. Today, the dam is still existing. It was turned into a space meanwhile. At the beginning of the 13th century got Amsterdam of the then sovereign town charters awarded. In 1369 became an Amsterdam member of the Hanseatic League. The fishing gave way the most important source of income to the trade gradually, at first.
The incorporation of Portugal by Spain in the year 1580 forced northern the Netherlands to go to India. The first journeys were done from Amsterdam and were for a gigantic success at once. Plans got everywhere forged in the country soon to send ships to India, activated by this result. 1602 arose the Verenigde Oost Indian company, the VOC, from all these individual initiatives. The town alone drew for more than half of the complete capital which was invested in the new enterprise. Amsterdam was the most prosperous town of Europe toward the end of the sixteenth century. Spices, silk and other preciousnesses stacked themselves in your ports and stores from India and the Pacific. In the year 1672 powerful the Netherlands got into a war with France and England at the same time. Through this India turned into the port of Amsterdam unattainably for the merchant fleet with goods. The period of the largest flower also ended at the end of the century. The economic structures changed; Amsterdam lost its position as an entrepôt port for the world trade. However, simultaneous became always more importantly the money market. Amsterdam managed as a banker for the European princes who waged their costly wars with lent money to become the financial center of the world.
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