Editing Rozenburg (section)

==History==
Rozenburg Island was formed centuries ago from several sand bars in the mouth of the river Maas. In 1568 construction started on the first set of [[dike (construction)|dikes]] and in 1586 the land known as ''Roosenburgh'' was leased to Dirk Ariensz. Bisdommer and Son, the first permanent inhabitant of Rozenburg.

In 1950, the Nieuwe Maas (or Brielse Maas) was dammed off at both ends of Rozenburg Island, thereby forming [[Brielse Meer]] and connecting it to [[Voorne-Putten]] Island.

Beginning in the same period, most of the island was given to [[Industrial sector|industrial]] enterprise, part of the [[Port of Rotterdam]] ([[Botlek]] and [[Europoort]]). When these sea ports were being planned in the 1950s, the councils of [[Rotterdam]] and Rozenburg made the arrangement that Rotterdam would lead the development of the ports and industry, whereas Rozenburg would take care of housing development for the expected population increase. The village of Blankenburg on the island had to be completely removed to make way for new canals and industry. The new housing developments were concentrated around the old village centre of Rozenburg on Het Scheur. In a short period, its population rose from 3500 to over 14000.

The Hook of Holland bit was extended with a large [[polder]] called [[Maasvlakte]], which contains large sea harbours and [[petrochemical]] industry.

There is a [[Oil refinery|refinery]] located in Rozenburg. The [[Rozenburg refinery]] is now owned by Kuwait Petroleum Europort BV which is a subsidiary of [[Kuwait Petroleum International]], KPI.

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Image:Beneeden rivier de Maas.jpg|Rozenburg Island in 1769
Image:Brielse Maas2.png|The same region today, Rozenburg Island in green, ''[[Brielse Meer]]'' in dark blue.
Image:Rozenburg 1867.png|Rozenburg Island in 1867, just before the construction of the Nieuwe Waterweg, its planned route visible in the top left corner
Image:RMSDeltaNorth.jpg|Satellite image of the [[Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta]] showing the island of Rozenburg (10)
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