HISTORY

Westland

Westland was originally a region in the province of South Holland . The name ' Westland ' is derived from the western crafts of Delfland . In this region lie the municipality of Midden -Delfland and core Hook of Holland , which is part of the municipality of Rotterdam . Loosduinen , now a suburb of The Hague , a former Westlands farmers village that just as Wateringseveld was annexed by the city. Hague

Since January 1, 2004 Westland is a large town in this region . The municipality consists of eleven centers : De Lier , ' s- Gravenzande

Even after the Romans had to occupancy in Westland have been . Many fragments from the 9th century have been found in the region . gular Westland was ravaged at the beginning of the era by floods , which arose from the coastal creeks . Slowly silted it shut , causing occupaThese are mainly found in the surroundings of Naaldwijk , Maasland , Wateringen and Honselersdijk . Rency was at possible. Later re- formed by flooding creeks , including those Gantel south of Monster begins and flows along Poeldijk and Watercourses . Because of this flood was a clay cover dropped from one to five feet thick. This clay cover , where settlement was possible , was located in the triangle Monster Delft Maassluis . Outside the clay cover one lived on terpjes . In other places they are protect ed by dikes against the water . These dikes served as routes between other settlements , and it was on live. Villages like Poeldijk , Honselersdijk , Wateringen and De Lier arose in this way . Mining on a Later, it was also Gantel diked , because it still was connected with the sea . In the twelfth century, the embankment was established s- Gravenzande around . The new foreign polder was diked in 1421 . The embankment of the Oranjepolder followed during bewindt of stadtholder Frederik Hendrik in 1644 and the Outer New foreign Polder or Binnenpolder was diked in 1777 . large scale , however, could only begin after the construction of the old Maasdijk , which was quite early for that time . When the Delfland Water Board was established in 1300 , lay in the Westland region already heavy dikes .

Horticulture

Were in ' s- Gravenzande grapes grown in the vineyard of a monastery . Already in 1261 Due to the favorable climate grapes were grown in the open air against alleged grapes walls. The sands of the old beach ridges was used to improve soil quality. Of peat and clay soils In the following years there were vineyards in the country estates and mansions of the nobility Westland . Out of a population , called Informacie , done in 1514 to determine the tax is shown that the sources of income were mainly arable and livestock farming . In the sixteenth century, the conditions were improved and increased the cultivation of fruit. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it spread further . The location of the Westland area was suitable for horticulture. The location on the coast led to relatively high temperatures in the winter, which was beneficial to horticulture. In addition, the region lying between the growing cities where demand for horticultural products increased. The good water connections for transportation to these cities were favorable. Horticulture started in Westland on a larger scale in the 19th

century. Around 1828 the region was a center for grape production and exported them , by the arrival of the steamer, especially to the United Kingdom . Half of the total revenue in 1837 , about 7,500 kg , was exported to the UK .A major agricultural crisis in 1880 in Western Europe they went to look at other crops and sales methods . Gardeners were using glass for the cultivation of fruit and vegetables , allowing the grapes walls gradually disappeared . A new sales method was to auction the products.If replacement of the grape tomato crop cameThe greenhouse area , the Glass City , largely confined to the Westland. Central Delfland ( as argued above also part of the Westland region ) dominates the livestock .Westland is a prosperous and innovative region , due to the fast growing development in the field of agribusiness . It opens up many new techniques in order to function as a horticultural , the proof greenhouse to cabriokas better.