Reconstruction of the Grote Waard (Holland) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood (1421) (hdl:10622/XZAHCX)

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Reconstruction of the Grote Waard (Holland) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood (1421)

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IISH Data Collection

2021-06-06

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Stapel, Rombert, 2021, "Reconstruction of the Grote Waard (Holland) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood (1421)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/XZAHCX, IISH Data Collection, V1

Reconstruction of the Grote Waard (Holland) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood (1421)

hdl:10622/XZAHCX

Stapel, Rombert (International Institute of Social History)

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IISH Data Collection

Stapel, Rombert

Stapel, Rombert

2021-01-10

Arts and Humanities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, land reclamation, flooding, historical GIS, Biesbosch, Zuid-Hollandse Waard, Zuidhollandse Waard, Grote Waard, Dordtse Waard, Tieselenswaard, Tiesselinswaard, Tiezelinswaard, Riederwaard, Dordrecht, Voornsaterswaard, Vorensaterswaard, Land van Heusden, Land van Altena, Moerkant, Langstraat, County of Holland, Duchy of Brabant, Veenriin, Meuse, Maas

GIS reconstruction of the area surrounding the Grote or Zuidhollandse Waard near Dordrecht (Netherlands) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood of 1421, which created a fresh water tidal area, the Biesbosch, which exists to this day. The GIS dataset accompanies a printed map and description, which is published in <a href="https://tijdschriftholland.nl/product/de-sint-elisabethvloed-van-1421-2021-2/" target="_blank">Tijdschrift Holland</a> as part of the 600 year anniversary of the flood in 2021. <br><br> An explanation of how the reconstruction was made is available (in Dutch) in the above mentioned <em>Tijdschrift Holland</em>. A more substantial (English) data story or blog post is work in progress and can be found <a href="https://rombertstapel.com/?p=577" target="_blank">here</a>. The GeoJSON files are available for wider use, and, in combination with the QGIS symbology files and/or the QGIS project file, are provided with build-in suggested visuals. For best results, store all files in one folder and open the project file in QGIS. <br><br> The reconstruction builds on the geographically more substantial dataset of local administrative boundaries in the Low Countries available <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/10622/PGFYTM" target="_blank">here</a> (version 7), which also provides the Codebook for this dataset.

1421-01-01-1421-11-18

Netherlands, Netherlands

Zuid-Holland, Noord-Brabant

• West Bounding Longitude: 4.25
• East Bounding Longitude: 5.25
• South Bounding Latitude: 51.57
• North Bounding Latitude: 51.95

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Stapel, Rombert (2021) ‘Reconstructie van de Grote Waard, 1421’, Holland: historisch tijdschrift, 53(2), pp. 22–24.

10622/PGFYTM

Stapel, Rombert (2020), "Historical Atlas of the Low Countries (1350-1800)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/PGFYTM, IISH Data Collection, V7.

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10 Resources waterways and riverbeds.geojson

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Resources used to reconstruct waterways and (former) riverbeds

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10 Resources waterways and riverbeds.qml

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QGIS symbology file

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11 Resources morgentalen.geojson

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Resources for determining the size of certain administrative areas, using number of fiscal 'morgens' (a premodern unit of measurement for area size)

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11 Resources morgentalen.qml

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QGIS symbology file

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1 Churches.geojson

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Churches and other relevant religious buildings in study area

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1 Churches.qml

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QGIS symbology file

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2 Jurisdictions (labels).geojson

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Layer used for labelling jurisdictions in study area

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2 Jurisdictions (labels).qml

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3 Landscape (labels).geojson

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Layer used for labelling historical landscape regions in study area

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3 Landscape (labels).qml

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QGIS symbology file

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4 Religious boundaries.geojson

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Religious boundaries in study area

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4 Religious boundaries.qml

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5 Study area (mask layer).geojson

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Mask layer delineating study area

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5 Study area (mask layer).qml

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QGIS symbology file

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6 Dikes (provisional dataset).geojson

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Provisional dataset of dikes in study area. This dataset should be used with caution.

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6 Dikes (provisional dataset).qml

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QGIS symbology file

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7 Grote Waard 1421.geojson

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Main dataset of local boundaries and landscape reconstruction in 1421

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7 Grote Waard 1421.qml

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QGIS symbology file

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Grote Waard 1421.qgz

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QGIS project file

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Landscape reconstruction Grote Waard 1421

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Reconstruction of the Grote Waard (or Zuidhollandse Waard) prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood (19 November 1421), which set in motion a permanent transformation of the land into a tidal wetland (now De Biesbosch National Park). Labels in Dutch.

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Resources used for landscape reconstruction Grote Waard 1421

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Resources used for the reconstruction of (1) the pre-flooding waterways as well as former riverbeds and (2) the number of taxable 'morgens' in administrative areas in relevant administrative areas per km2. A 'morgen' is a premodern unit of measurement for land area. Labels in Dutch.

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