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Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the .

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Place details

Locality
Zwartsluis
Region
Overijssel
Country
Nederland
Population
4,890
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

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Zwartsluis
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Zwartsluis wapen.svg
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The of Zwartsluis
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Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
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Country
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Province
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Overijssel
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Municipality
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Zwartewaterland
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3
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18.34
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4,890
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
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auto
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Recreation
  • Government
  • Notable people
  • References
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Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the .

== History == left|thumb|1649 map of Zwartsluis in Willem Blaeu|Willem and [[Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"]] Zwartsluis's history started in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648): it developed around the Swartersluys fortress, which controlled traffic on the Zwartewater inlet leading to Hasselt and Zwolle. Zwartsluis attracted some trade and a fishing fleet in later centuries. Zwartsluis also served as a consolidation point for the peat-fuel trade, but was surpassed in importance by its neighbours, especially downstream Genemuiden.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwartsluis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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