Appingedam

260px|thumb|Topographic map of Appingedam, September 2014

Key facts

Settlement.name: Appingedam
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: InZicht Appingedam 006.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Nicholas Church (left) and renaissance town hall (right) in Appingedam
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Appingedam.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Appingedam wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0003 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Appingedam in a municipal map of Groningen
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Eemsdelta
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Appingedammer
Population: 11642
Area: 24.62
Elevation: 0
Official website: www.appingedam.nl
Image: The hanging kitchens of Appingedam De hangende keukens van Appingedam (6172038068).jpg
Households: 5517
Dialing code: 0596

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Commons category: Appingedam
postal code: 9900–9903
native label: Appingedam

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19 sections

Contents

History
Medieval Appingedam
Trade Centre
The “Neighbour Letter”
Further Developments
Conflicts with the City of Groningen
Traditional Industries
"Brons" Engine Factory
Post-War Appingedam: A Battered Town
“The Face of the Town”: Appingedam Under Protection
Damsterdiep
Overdiep
Population centres
Transport
Sport
Cycling
People from Appingedam
References
External links

260px|thumb|Topographic map of Appingedam, September 2014

Appingedam (; ) is a city and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. Although there is no certainty as to the exact age of Appingedam, historical research demonstrates that the place in which the city would eventually be built had been inhabited for over a millennium. Specifically, the area in which the earliest traces of human settlements have been reported is the Wierde, a quarter located in the northern part of the city centre. Today, a narrow, winding street by the same name runs along the waterfront as a living testimony to the times gone by. The characteristic landmarks of the old Wierde are still recognisable today: the historical East-West Canal, called “Diep,” dug to the south of the Wierde, diked on both sides, still defines the unique layout of the downtown Appingedam.