Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough Kralingen-Crooswijk.
Two mills and the Kralingse PlasView to Oostzeedijk from Oostplein
Kralingen was a separate municipality until 1895, when it merged with Rotterdam.[1] Previously, the high society of the growing city had their pleasure gardens and villas erected there in the 19th century, on the eastern outskirts of the village. The easternmost part of Kralingen, Woudestein, is where the main campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Excelsior Rotterdam stadium are situated.
Kralingen is home to a Louis XIV-XV style mansion which is on the national monument register. It is also the location of Kralingse Plas, a large surface water used for recreation, and the Kralingse Bos, a forest of 2 square kilometres that welcomed 100,000 visitors for the Kralingen Music Festival in 1970 which was the "European answer to Woodstock", with 20 rock and pop groups performing, including Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds and Santana.
Footballer Robin van Persie was born and spent much of his youth in Kralingen.
When Rotterdam was bombed on 14 May 1940, a large area in the western part of Kralingen went up in flames with it.
kralingen, former, village, dutch, province, south, holland, neighbourhood, rotterdam, located, about, kilometres, east, city, centre, borough, crooswijk, sealcountry, netherlandsprovincesouth, hollandcoroprotterdamborough, crooswijkpopulation23, 830time, zone. Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre in the borough Kralingen Crooswijk KralingenSealCountry NetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandCOROPRotterdamBoroughKralingen CrooswijkPopulation23 830Time zoneUTC 1 CET Two mills and the Kralingse Plas View to Oostzeedijk from Oostplein Kralingen was a separate municipality until 1895 when it merged with Rotterdam 1 Previously the high society of the growing city had their pleasure gardens and villas erected there in the 19th century on the eastern outskirts of the village The easternmost part of Kralingen Woudestein is where the main campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Excelsior Rotterdam stadium are situated Kralingen is home to a Louis XIV XV style mansion which is on the national monument register It is also the location of Kralingse Plas a large surface water used for recreation and the Kralingse Bos a forest of 2 square kilometres that welcomed 100 000 visitors for the Kralingen Music Festival in 1970 which was the European answer to Woodstock with 20 rock and pop groups performing including Pink Floyd Jefferson Airplane The Byrds and Santana Footballer Robin van Persie was born and spent much of his youth in Kralingen When Rotterdam was bombed on 14 May 1940 a large area in the western part of Kralingen went up in flames with it References edit Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten KNAW 2011 External links edit nbsp Media related to Kralingen at Wikimedia Commons 51 55 30 N 4 30 26 E 51 92500 N 4 50722 E 51 92500 4 50722 nbsp This South Holland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kralingen amp oldid 1076709667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
