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Oh boy. I hope no Schiedammers read this.

 

>4)  Lidwina (d. 1433).  L. (Liduina, Ludwina, Lidwigis, etc.) was born into
a poor family in the Rotterdam suburb of Schiedam.  

 

Schiedam is a very old city. It was founded ca 1230, got their official
city-status in 1275, which was 25 years before Rotterdam. R only took off
after 1340 when S was already a thriving fishing town. It still is a
separate community (gemeente, we call that) and although much smaller than
big R, the inhabitants are fiercely proud of their city. Don't let them hear
you calling them a R suburb, they might force-feed you a bottle of their
famous Schiedam 'jenever', which you probably won't survive.

 

Henk


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