The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called Het Eiland van Dordt ( the Island of Dordt ), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil.

Dordrecht is informally called Dordt by its inhabitants.

The Synod of Dort ( also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht ) was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618 – 1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initiated by the rise of Arminianism.

The college name is a reference to the Synod of Dordt ( Dordrecht ).

From 1618 to 1619 the international Reformed churches, with representatives from several countries, met at the Synod or Council of Dordrecht ( Dordt ) in the Netherlands and there collectively stated their faith, summarizing biblical teachings in the Canons of the Council of Dordrecht.

The Dordrecht Confession contained two points that the Swiss Brethren had not historically practiced: footwashing ( Article XI ) and social avoidance ( including eating meals with those who had been shunned ) ( Article XVII ).

In earlier centuries, Dordrecht was a major trade port, well known to British merchants, and was called Dort in English.

Dort was a contemporary English term for the town of Dordrecht ( and it remains the local colloquial pronunciation ).

* Dordrecht, ( English: Dort ) a city in the Netherlands

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Even to this day, the two bells in the church's belltower, named Maria and Salvator and cast in 1517 by Hendrick de Tremonia of Dordrecht, are rung every evening at nine o ' clock.

Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by a minister Pastor Smithdorff of the Dutch Reformed Church and named after a city of South-West Netherlands.

On the western side of the Diamantina Fracture Zone at is another, larger pit, named Dordrecht Hole, with a north-south extent of 50 km.

It is this reluctance which was felt by the Rijksmuseum to reattribute works to other painters ( Abraham van Calraet does not even appear in a Museum catalogue until 1926, and even then he is not given his own entry ) which shows how important it is to art historians that painters are accurately connected to their works — and this is continuously necessary for those of Aelbert Cuyp, as Dordrecht ’ s most famous painter may not in fact be Dordrecht ’ s most famous painter.

* November 17 – November 19 – St. Elizabeth flood: The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea ; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10, 000 people.

Dordrecht is the largest and most important city in the Drechtsteden and is also part of the Randstad, the main conurbation in the Netherlands.

Dordrecht is the oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture.

Dordrecht is divided into 27 districts, neighbourhoods and hamlets:

For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the Nieuwe Merwede river.

The Arkel railway station, on the Elst – Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.

It is connected to Dordrecht by means of the Kil Tunnel.

The Hardinxveld-Giessendam railway station, on the Elst – Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality.

The Leerdam railway station is situated on the Elst – Dordrecht railway.

There is a road bridge and, more to the east, a railroad bridge between the train stations Dordrecht Stadspolders and Hardinxveld-Giessendam on the line Dordrecht-Gorinchem.

There is partly a common tariff system with four smaller passenger train operating companies — Syntus and Connexxion in the east, Veolia on the ' Maaslijn ' and ' Heuvellandlijn ' in the south east, Arriva in the north of the country and on the ' Merwede-Lingelijn ' ( from Dordrecht to Geldermalsen ).

There are no bridges or tunnels crossing the Nieuwe Merwede, but there is a car ferry from the Island of Dordrecht on the west at " Kop van't Land " to Brabantse Oever, Werkendam ( Biesbosch ).

It is speculated on slender evidence that he also worked in Dordrecht.

Nicolaas Bloembergen ( born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920 ) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.

Light-drenched washes of golden brown ink depict a distant view of the city of Dordrecht or Utrecht.

* Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Netherlands.

Satellite image of part of the Rhine-Meuse delta, showing the Island of Dordrecht and the eponymous city ( 7 )

Dordrecht was granted city rights by William I, Count of Holland, in 1220, making it the oldest city in the present province of South Holland.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, Dordrecht developed into an important market city because of its strategic location.

This secret meeting, called by the city of Dordrecht, was a rebellious act since only King Philip II or his stadtholder, at that time the Duke of Alva, were allowed to call a meeting of the states.

In the 18th century, the importance of Dordrecht began to wane, and Rotterdam became the main city in the region.

The States General started to convene in the rebel city of Dordrecht, and by 18 July, only the important cities of Amsterdam and Schoonhoven openly supported the Crown.

Meanwhile the National Synod was convened in the city of Dordrecht in November, 1618.

He came into conflict with the city of Dordrecht and was killed there by a mob on 30 August 1299.

De Witt controlled the Netherlands political system from around 1650 until shortly before his spectacular death in 1672 working with various factions from nearly all the major cities, especially his hometown, Dordrecht, and the city of birth of his wife, Amsterdam.

His father was Jacob de Witt, an influential regent and burgher from the patrician class in the city of Dordrecht, which in the seventeenth century, was one of the most important cities of the dominating province of Holland.

He was secretary of the city of Dordrecht

It was the second largest city in historical Holland after Dordrecht and before Delft, Leiden, Amsterdam, Gouda and Rotterdam.

The part of the Biesbosch that borders the city of Dordrecht.

After the flood, three areas remained: the Island of Dordrecht to the west, the Land van Altena ( with the city of Woudrichem ) to the east, and the brackish swamps of the Biesbosch in between.

At the lower point where the flood water reached the city of Dordrecht is the point where flood water still remains today.

FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.