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29-475: The Geuzenpenning ('Beggar Medal') is a Dutch award given to persons or organizations who have fought for democracy and against dictatorship, racism and discrimination. It has been awarded annually since 1987 in the city of Vlaardingen . The Geuzenpenning is an initiative of the Geuzen Resistance 1940–1945 Foundation . The organization takes its name from the a resistance group called 'Geuzen' which

58-542: A hero in Holland. Floris was the son of Count William II (1227–1256) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg . His father was slain in 1256 by Frisians when Floris was just two years old. Custody over Floris fell first to his uncle ( Floris de Voogd from 1256 to 1258), then to his aunt ( Adelaide of Holland from 1258 to 1263). The fight over custody of Holland culminated in the battle of Reimerswaal on 22 January 1263, where Count Otto II of Guelders defeated Aleidis and

87-643: A hunting party and brought him to Muiderslot castle. The news of the capture spread quickly; afraid of the people, four days later the lords together with their captive left the castle to get to a safer place. They were stopped by an angry mob of local peasants. In panic Gerard of Velzen killed the count, and the lords fled. Gerard was eventually captured and killed in Leiden . The other conspirators fled to Brabant, Flanders and perhaps to Prussia , to which many colonists and crusaders from Holland migrated. The life and death of Floris V inspired songs, plays, and books in

116-660: A loan from the Holy Roman King Rudolf I of Germany in 1287, but the local nobility sided with the count of Flanders who invaded in 1290. Floris arranged a meeting with count Guy of Flanders, but he was taken prisoner in Biervliet and was forced to abandon his claims and then set free. Floris immediately wanted to resume war, but King Edward I of England, who had an interest in access to the great rivers for wool and other English goods, convinced Floris to stop hostilities with Flanders. When in 1292 Floris claimed

145-460: A local foundation in cooperation with the town's municipality to human rights activists from all over the world. People who are born in or (have) lived in Vlaardingen: [REDACTED] Media related to Vlaardingen at Wikimedia Commons Floris V, Count of Holland Floris V (24 June 1254 – 27 June 1296) reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life

174-503: A northern part (locally known as the "Holy") and a southern part by the A20 motorway . On the east the town is separated from Schiedam by the A4 motorway . Other places nearby are the small town Maassluis to the west, the village Schipluiden and the city Delft to the north, the town Schiedam and city Rotterdam to the east and the town of Spijkenisse in the south-west, on the other side of

203-467: Is a traditional ship used for herring fishery, the customary English name is lugger ) is held on the first Saturday of June. The festival used to be called "Haring en Bierfeest" (translation: herring and beer festival), but in 2003 the mayor decided to rename it. In 2015, the name "Haring en Bierfeest" reappeared again. Since 1987, the Geuzenpenning is an award that is yearly bestowed by

232-596: The Amsterdam February Strike . After the war, surviving members of the group started the foundation to honor the memory of their fallen comrades and the Geuzen ideals, to promote and maintain democracy in the Netherlands and to heighten global awareness of all forms of dictatorship, discrimination and racism. The Geuzenpenning has been awarded to: Vlaardingen The town is divided into

261-509: The Nieuwe Maas River. The Vulcaanhaven  [ nl ] was for many years the largest privately owned artificial harbour in the world. The last major herring factory, Warmelo & Van Der Drift, left Vlaardingen in the middle of 2012 to relocate to Katwijk aan Zee . There are still some ferry terminals ( DFDS Seaways , sailing to Felixstowe and Immingham and P&O Ferries sailing to Hull ). Historical buildings in

290-473: The West Frisians . He assisted the weak bishop, John I of Nassau , by making a treaty with the craftsmen. The bishop would become dependent on Holland's support, and eventually added the lands of the rebellious lords to Holland in 1279. He gave concessions to the peasants of Kennemerland. Kennemerland was a duneland, where the farmers had far fewer rights than the farmers in the polders. Floris got rid of

319-949: The throne of Scotland in the Great Cause (his great-grandmother Ada being the sister of King William I of Scotland ), he did not receive the expected support from Edward, but England did support his claims in a new, this time more successful, war on Flanders. Amid the Gascon War between England and France, Edward   I moved his trade in wool from Dordrecht in Holland to Mechelen in Brabant to aid Flanders in its own war against France . Floris then switched sides to France in 1296. Edward I subsequently prohibited all English trade with Holland and conspired with Guy of Flanders to have Floris kidnapped and taken to France. The humiliated lords Gijsbrecht IV of Amstel and Herman of Woerden, together with Gerard van Velsen , captured Floris during

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348-631: The Avesnes influence and switched allegiance to the Dampierres. In 1282 Floris again attacked the troublesome Frisians in the north, defeating them at the battle of Vronen , and succeeded in retrieving the body of his father. After a campaign in 1287–1288 he finally defeated the Frisians. In the meantime he had received Zeeland-bewester-Schelde (the area that controls access to the Scheldt river) as

377-660: The Netherlands. Best known is the play Gijsbrecht van Aemstel by 17th century playwright and poet Joost van den Vondel , which is about the sacking of Amsterdam in the days after the death of Floris V. The nickname "God of the Peasants" was introduced after Floris' death in the nobility and was originally intended to be an insult. He earned the name because he behaved "as if he were the Good Lord himself with his peasants". He apparently knighted 40 peasants as members of

406-463: The Order of St. James without permission of the church, provoking the anger of the church and of the 12 existing noble members of that knightly order. This story has no historical basis, just like another story that claims that Gerard of Velzen participated in the conspiracy because Floris supposedly raped his wife. What is certain is that Floris was remembered as a saint by the peasants of Holland and that

435-574: The north of the old harbour is the old Aeolus windmill, which operates and sells ground cereals. The harbour is a marina and open-air museum with old ships. At the harbour is the Museum Vlaardingen  [ nl ] (before: Visserijmuseum and the Visserij en Vlaardings Museum ), a museum dedicated to commercial sea fishing and lore . A war memorial to the crew of a Wellington bomber from No. 142 Squadron RAF killed when it

464-507: The powerful lords Gijsbrecht IV of Amstel , Zweder of Abcoude , Arnoud of Amstel , and Herman VI van Woerden , who held lands on the border with the adjacent bishopric of Utrecht (the area of Amsterdam , Abcoude , IJsselstein , and Woerden ) at the expense of the bishop. Gijsbrecht and Herman were supported by the craftsmen of Utrecht , the peasants of Kennemerland ( Alkmaar , Haarlem , and surroundings), Waterland (north of Amsterdam ) and Amstelland (Amsterdam and surroundings) and

493-622: The river Nieuwe Maas . The A20 connects Rotterdam to the village Hook of Holland . The Beneluxtunnel (the tunnel that runs under the Nieuwe Waterweg) connects the A20 to the A15 . The centre of the town is on the west side of the old harbour, which was originally a stream ('De Vlaarding') from the peat lands north and east of the town, running to the Meuse estuary. The area around Vlaardingen

522-667: The smog. Many environmental groups arose in and around Vlaardingen as it was seen as one of the most polluted cities of the country. Vlaardingen consists of eight districts/neighbourhoods: Seats in the town council after the municipal elections in 2022 : The mayor is Bert Wijbenga (VVD). A Unilever research centre is located in Vlaardingen (located next to the former Sunlight factory, later called Lever Faberge Sourcing Unit Vlaardingen). There are still some ship repair business(es) in Eastern Vlaardingen beside

551-678: The town include the Grote Kerk (Big Church), the Waag (Weighing Bridge) next to the church and the old town hall (used for weddings), all on the Markt , the former marketplace, the Visbank (Fish Auction) at the harbour and the Oude Lijnbaan (Old Ropewalk , where ropes were made). The Grote Kerk was probably established between 1156 and 1164 and has been expanded, damaged and rebuilt. To

580-572: The west of the Netherlands. In 726 or 727 the area is again mentioned as In Pagio Marsum , where a small church was established, around which Vlaardingen formed. The church is mentioned on a list of churches Willibrord , the Apostle to the Frisians , inhered to the Abbey of Echternach . In 1018, Vlaardingen was a stronghold of Dirk III , who levied an illegal toll on ships on the Meuse river. An army sent by German Emperor Henry II to stop this practice

609-491: The years after World War II . In 1855, the former municipality of Zouteveen was merged into the municipality Vlaardingerambacht which in turn was merged with Vlaardingen in 1941 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. Because of industrialization in and close to Vlaardingen, the town suffered from heavy air pollution and, sometimes, pathogenic smog during the 1970s. One day, a high school had to be closed because of

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638-787: Was active during World War II around Vlaardingen , Maassluis and Rotterdam . The resistance group, in turn, took its name from the Geuzen (from French gueux 'beggars'), a collection of armed groups that fought the Spanish occupation of the Low Countries in the 16th century, during the Dutch Revolt . Fifteen of the WWII Geuzen were executed by German forces at the Waaldorp plain on 13 March 1941, along with three leaders of

667-408: Was already settled by about 2900 to 2600 BC. In 1990, a skeleton dated around 1300 BC was dug up in the edge of Vlaardingen. Some human nuclear DNA was identified, the oldest found anywhere in the Netherlands. In Roman times a stronghold or vicus named Flenio may have been on the site of modern Vlaardingen. Between roughly 250 AD and 700 AD the region seems to have been uninhabited, like much of

696-534: Was chosen regent by the nobles who opposed Aleidis. Otto II served as Floris V's guardian until he was twelve years old (1266) and considered capable of administering Holland himself. Floris's mother, Elisabeth, continued to reside in Holland after her husband's death in 1256. She died on 27 May 1266 and is buried in Middelburg abbey church. She died in the same year that Count Floris V was declared old enough to rule without guardianship, on 10 July 1266. Floris

725-424: Was defeated by Dirk III in the (First) Battle of Vlaardingen . In 1047, his successor Dirk IV repelled another such attack (Second Battle of Vlaardingen). The first of these battles was commemorated in 2018 by a historical reenactment A flood disaster of December 21, 1163 (Saint Thomas Flood), ended the growth of Vlaardingen. The Counts of Holland moved away and its development stagnated. In 1273, Vlaardingen

754-479: Was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke , his chronicler. He is credited with a mostly peaceful reign, modernizing administration, policies beneficial to trade, generally acting in the interests of his peasants at the expense of nobility, and reclaiming land from the sea. His dramatic murder, said by some to have been arranged by King Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders , made him

783-596: Was granted town privileges by Floris V, Count of Holland . Older town privileges are possible, but not provable. In 1574, during the Eighty Years War of Dutch independence, a group of Watergeuzen burnt down Vlaardingen as commanded by William of Orange to prevent the Spanish from capturing the town. Vlaardingen later became a shipbuilding area and a significant harbour for the herring fishing industry. The fishing boats (originally "haringbuizen", later also "sloepen" and "loggers") ceased to use Vlaardingen in

812-649: Was shot down over Vlaardingen in March 1942 has been erected in Wijkpark Holy-Noord in June 2012. On Emaus Cemetery in Vlaardinger Ambacht six members of the resistance group " Geuzen " are buried. They were executed in March 1941. Nine adjacent headstones are symbolic for nine other members of the "Geuzen" who were also executed and buried elsewhere. The "Vlaardings Loggerfestival" ( Logger

841-493: Was supported by the count of Hainaut of the house of Avesnes , who was an arch-enemy of the count of Flanders of the house of Dampierre . Floris married Beatrix of Dampierre, the daughter of Guy of Dampierre , count of Flanders, in 1269. In 1272 Floris unsuccessfully attacked the Frisians (culminating in the Battle of Heiloo ) in a first attempt to retrieve the body of his father. In 1274 he faced an uprising by nobles led by

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