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MIDDELBURG Tourist Information
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The medieval town of Middelburg is the capital of the Dutch province of Zeeland (Sealand).

In Middelburg the word's fist multinational (V.O.C.) had several offices and warehouses.The ships for the V.O.C. (United Dutch East Indies Company were made in Middelburg (and Amsterdam). The V.O.C. was mighty for almost 200 years. When the V.O.C. stopped functioning, time stopped in Middelburg.

Middelburg has been destroyed in 1940 by German bombs, because the Dutch refused to surrender in Zeeland after the capitulation. English, French and Dutch soldiers fought for three long weeks and than Middelburg was destroyed. After the war the Dutch were able to rebuild it.

 

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