Brielle

:This article is about a city in the Netherland. There is also a Brielle, New Jersey in the United States of America.

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, also called Den Briel, (population: 15,948 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 31.12 km² (of which 3.63 km² water).

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Brielle is a very old, fortified town. It received city rights in 1306. During the Middle Ages, it had its own harbor and traded with the Baltic sea region. It even had a factory of its own in Sweden.

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During the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Spain, the capture of Brielle on April 1st, 1572 by Protestant rebels marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish.

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The municipality of Brielle also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Vierpolders, Zwartewaal.

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In 1967, The Queenborough (England) and Brielle (Holland) twinning project was established.

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Netherlands: The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland; IPA pronunciation: /"ne:d?rlant/) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that is formed by the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.(Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). The Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional m...

South Holland: :This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois; for the district of Lincolnshire, see South Holland, England...

City rights: Redirect town privileges...