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The first documentary record of the name Amsterdam is a document issued on 27 October 1275 by Count Floris V of Holland and Zeeland. The exact date on which Amsterdam has received city rights is uncertain, but most likely it is that the Bishop of Utrecht Avesnes Guy was the one who gave these rights in 1306.
From the fourteenth century, Amsterdam flourished, largely due to trade that you practice with the cities of the Hanseatic League. In 1345 there was a near miracle Eucharistic Kalverstraat, Amsterdam became a city of pilgrimage to convert the population to Protestantism.
Seventeenth century is considered the Golden Age of Amsterdam. At the turn of the century, Amsterdam became one of the richest cities in the world. From the port city, merchant ships sailing to the Baltic Sea, North America, Africa, Indonesia and Brazil forming the basis for global trade network.
Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have witnessed the decline of prosperity. Wars with Britain and France have made their mark on the city's economy. During the Napoleonic wars wealth of the city hit bottom, but with the formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, things start to improve slightly.
Late nineteenth century is called "second golden age of Amsterdam. New museums were built, a train station's Concertgebouw, a concert hall considered the first three of the world. During this period, the industrial revolution reached Amsterdam. Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is built to provide direct liaison with the River Rhine town, port and channel that offered a greater shield the North Sea. The two channels have improved communications with the mainland city.
Amsterdam has always had a mixed population. In the past, the Dutch capital were established many foreigners: the French Protestant, Flemish and Hebrew. Tolerant attitude of city residents was sought after by many immigrants. City enjoyed early religious freedom. At the Amsterdam population growth have contributed to many immigrants Frisian contingent, Germans and Scandinavians.
After 1960, they migrated to the Netherlands many Turkish and Moroccan workers. Many have settled in Amsterdam. After independence the Dutch colony of Surinam, in 1975, arrived in Amsterdam, inhabitants of this territory. In the 80s he began a demographic revolution, Amsterdam becoming multicultural city.
In 2005, the proportion of indigenous population of Amsterdam was only about 45%, but in age groups up to 18 years, most people's local. In several districts still practiced segregation: wealthy Dutch revolve around the center and periphery foreigners moving to Amsterdam West Amsterdam South.
Amsterdam | The first documentary record of the name Amsterdam is a document issued on 27 October 1275 by Count Floris V of Holland and Zeeland. The exact date on which Amsterdam has received city rights is uncertain, but most likely it is that the Bishop of Utrecht
Avesnes Guy was the one who gave these rights in 1306
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