Everything about Aardenburg totally explained
Aardenburg is a small city (population
as of 2008: 2,438) close to the Dutch border with
Belgium. It is part of the
Sluis Municipality, located in the province of
Zeeland in the
Netherlands. Its medieval name was Rodenburgh (Red Castle).
In the Sint-Baafskerk, ("Saint
Bavo's Church), Aardenburg houses the most complete example of the
Scheldegotiek, the characteristic
Gothic architecture of the
Scheldt. It is also still possible today to see remains of some of the fortifications that used to enclose the city.
History
Archeologists have found proof of settlement as early as
4500 BC. The site was a small Roman
vicus, flourishing in the second and third centuries AD, where the foundations have been uncovered of a small Celto-Roman temple. After the
Second World War restorations to damaged buildings uncovered fragments of
Roman rooftiles, of which some bear the markings of a Roman military post, as well as black vases and Roman sandals. The most significant find, however, was that of a Roman building with a foundation of 18 by 10 meters. The Roman
Castellum was in use from 175 to 270 AD .
On top of the foundations of this Roman building there were the remains of a
Medieval building, which was destroyed in 1383 according to later accounts.
Rodenburgh was granted city rights in
1127 and is thus one of the oldest cities in
the Netherlands and is the oldest city in Zealand.
Until
July 1,
1966, Aardenburg was a separate municipality. Until
January 1,
2003, it was then in the municipality of
Sluis-Aardenburg. In
2003 Sluis-Aardenburg and nearby
Oostburg were combined into an enlarged
Sluis municipality.
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