{"history":[],"article":{"id":"8ba6dedf-c944-409e-8cad-1b80ba689400","title":"Kampen, Overijssel","slug":"kampen-overijssel","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Kampen \n**Settlement Type:** [City](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-cities-in-the-netherlands-by-province) and [municipality](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-municipalities-of-the-netherlands) \n**Image Skyline:** Kerk Kampen.jpg \n**Image Caption:** Kampen city centre with the [Bovenkerk](https://bliptext.com/articles/bovenkerk-kampen) in the middle of the picture \n**Image Flag:** Flag of Kampen.svg \n**Flag Size:** 100x67px \n**Image Shield:** Kampen wapen.svg \n**Shield Size:** 100x80px \n**Image Map:** Map - NL - Municipality code 0166 (2009).svg \n**Map Alt:** Highlighted position of Kampen in a municipal map of Overijssel \n**Map Caption:** Location in Overijssel \n**Pushpin Map:** Netherlands#Europe \n**Pushpin Map Caption:** Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe \n**Pushpin Relief:** 1 \n**Coordinates:** 52.55°N, 5.91667°W \n**Subdivision Type:** [Country](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-sovereign-states) \n**Subdivision Name:** [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands) \n**Subdivision Type 1:** [Province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands) \n**Subdivision Name 1:** [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) \n**Seat Type:** [City Hall](https://bliptext.com/articles/seat-of-local-government) \n**Seat:** [Kampen City Hall](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-hall-kampen) \n**Governing Body:** [Municipal council](https://bliptext.com/articles/municipal-council-netherlands) \n**Leader Party:** [CDA](https://bliptext.com/articles/christian-democratic-appeal) \n**Leader Title:** [Mayor](https://bliptext.com/articles/burgemeester) \n**Leader Name:** [Sander de Rouwe](https://bliptext.com/articles/sander-de-rouwe) \n**Unit Pref:** Metric \n**Elevation M:** 1 \n**Population Demonym:** Kampenaar \n**Timezone:** [CET](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-time) \n**Utc Offset:** +1 \n**Timezone Dst:** [CEST](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-summer-time) \n**Utc Offset Dst:** +2 \n**Postal Code Type:** [Postcode](https://bliptext.com/articles/postal-codes-in-the-netherlands) \n**Postal Code:** 8260–8279 \n**Area Code Type:** [Area code](https://bliptext.com/articles/telephone-numbers-in-the-netherlands) \n**Area Code:** 038 \n**Website:** http://www.kampen.nl \n:::\n\n# \n**Kampen** is a [city](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-cities-in-the-netherlands-by-[province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands)) and [municipality](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-municipalities-of-the-netherlands) in the [province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands) of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel), [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands).\nA member of the former [Hanseatic League](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanseatic-league), it is located at the lower reaches of the river [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel).\nThe municipality of Kampen had a population of 0 in and covers an area of undefined km2.\nKampen is located in the North West of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) and is the largest city in this region.\nThe city of Kampen itself has around 37,000 inhabitants.\nKampen has one of the best preserved old town centres of the [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands), including remains of the ancient city wall (of which three [gates](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-gate) are still standing) and numerous [churches](https://bliptext.com/articles/church-building).\nAlso notable are the three [bridges](https://bliptext.com/articles/bridge) over the IJssel which connect Kampen with [IJsselmuiden](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijsselmuiden) and Kampereiland, the agricultural area between the branches which form the IJssel delta, and a [windmill](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill) (d' Olde Zwarver – the Old Vagabond).\nSince November 2018, the town and some communes are on a river island.\nBetween the 14th and 16th century it was one of the biggest towns in the Northern Netherlands (modern day European Netherlands).\nThe town is about 90 kilometer northeast of [Amsterdam](https://bliptext.com/articles/amsterdam).\nTraditionally people in Kampen speak a variation of the [Sallands](https://bliptext.com/articles/sallands) dialect, known as Kampers.\n\n# History\n\n## Middle Ages\nBy 1150, there were already wooden buildings on the site where Kampen is currently located.\nThe name Kampen, however, is not mentioned until 1277.\nThe city has had [city rights](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-rights-in-the-low-countries) since 1236.\nAs a result of its convenient location on the busy trade route between the [Zuiderzee](https://bliptext.com/articles/zuiderzee) and the [Rhine](https://bliptext.com/articles/rhine), Kampen quickly developed from simple settlements into a prosperous trading town, to become one of the most powerful and leading cities of northwestern Europe.\nIn the 14th century, Kampen exchanged with the [bishop of Utrecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/prince-bishopric-of-utrecht), Jan van Arkel, the [Mastenbroek](https://bliptext.com/articles/mastenbroek) polder against the right to increase the IJsseldelta.\nThe silting up of the [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel) brought a gradual end to the prosperity of Kampen from 1430 on.\nFor a long time Kampen did not want to sign a union and make economic and [political concessions](https://bliptext.com/articles/concession-politics) to other cities, as was usual in the [Hanseatic League](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanseatic-league).\nWhen the [County of Holland](https://bliptext.com/articles/county-of-holland) went to war with the Hanseatic League this situation came to an end: the city was forced to choose a side in the war.\nKampen was originally more oriented toward the Baltic trade and commerce with the hinterland of the Rhine, and therefore in 1441 formally joined the Hanseatic League.\nThe city had much influence in the League; despite loud protests from the other towns in lower reaches of the IJssel and from other Hanseatic cities, the League agreed in 1448 to build a bridge over the river.\nThis project was accomplished in just five months.\nWith this bridge Kampen hoped to be able to develop closer relationships with the hinterland.\n\n## Post-Medieval\nOn 11 August 1572 Kampen was conquered from the Spaniards by Willem van den Bergh, a brother of [William of Orange](https://bliptext.com/articles/william-the-silent).\nAfter the massacre of [Zutphen](https://bliptext.com/articles/zutphen) on 15 November, the city voluntarily surrendered to the Spanish.\nIn 1578, the city changed ownership again after the [Siege](https://bliptext.com/articles/siege) of Kampen, led by [George van Lalaing](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-van-lalaing).\nDue to its right to increase the IJsseldelta, Kampen was owner of the growing Kampereiland.\nFrom 1500 the islands were leased.\nThe rents were so large that the city did not need to raise taxes.\nIn October 1670, Kampen was the first of four Dutch cities to raise capital by issuing a [Tontine](https://bliptext.com/articles/tontine).\nThe [Franco-Dutch War](https://bliptext.com/articles/franco-dutch-war), fought by the [Republic of the United Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/dutch-republic) against the [Kingdom of France](https://bliptext.com/articles/france), [Sweden](https://bliptext.com/articles/swedish-empire), the [Bishopric of Münster](https://bliptext.com/articles/bishopric-of-m-nster), the [Archbishopric of Cologne](https://bliptext.com/articles/electorate-of-cologne) and the [Kingdom of England](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-england), marked a definitive end to the enormous power of the city.\nKampen only became well known again in the 19th century.\nThe city was difficult to reach from the sea, because the surrounding wetlands became silted up and shallow.\nDuring the preceding centuries, the watercourse of the river IJssel was dredged several times, but the costs were relatively high and within a few years, the river silted up again.\nAs the IJssel had several delta-like mouths here, the main route of the river shifted several times.\nIn the 19th century, a new strategy was put in place to counter this problem: some watercourses were dammed to allow for more water at a higher speed through one or two main routes.\nThis had the advantage that less sand and silt were deposited and resulted in a river course that \"swept itself clean\".\nA key figure in this story is city architect Nicolaas Plomp, who, besides his work for the current IJssel front of the city of Kampen, was also involved in hydraulic engineering.\nDue to the emerging industry in the 19th century and the importance of roads and railways for the economy, highways and paved roads were constructed to replace transportation over sand and mud roads.\n# [Kampen (Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden Dutch city maps, by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1652 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Blaeu///1652///-///Kampen.jpg]\n# [Winter landscape with skaters c. 1625 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Hendrick///Avercamp///-///Winterlandschap///met///schaatsers///bij///de///stad///Kampen.jpg]\n\n# Geography\nKampen is part of the province of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) ('Over-IJssel' i.e. (mostly) trans-/across the river IJssel, as seen from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528) in the Eastern part of The [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands), situated between the provinces of [Gelderland](https://bliptext.com/articles/gelderland), [Flevoland](https://bliptext.com/articles/flevoland), [Drenthe](https://bliptext.com/articles/drenthe) and [Friesland](https://bliptext.com/articles/friesland).\nThe city of Kampen is situated at the mouth of the river [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel).\nOpposite Kampen, along the IJssel, lies [IJsselmuiden](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijsselmuiden), which is the second largest residential nucleus of the municipality Kampen.\nThe municipality of Kampen has five other population centers: [Grafhorst](https://bliptext.com/articles/grafhorst), ['s-Heerenbroek](https://bliptext.com/articles/s-heerenbroek), [Kamperveen](https://bliptext.com/articles/kamperveen), [Wilsum](https://bliptext.com/articles/wilsum) and [Zalk](https://bliptext.com/articles/zalk).\n# [Topographic map of the city of Kampen, March 2014 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Kampen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg]\n# [

Primary channel: river IJssel

Secondary channel: IJssel (19th century); Ganzendiep (modern)

Secondary channel: Ganzendiep

Secondary channel: Goot

Primary channel: Regtediep (19th century); River IJssel (modern)

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Historical city center of Kampen

Oost-Flevoland polder, province of Flevoland

Noordoostpolder, Flevoland

\n\nAll other land areas on the map are part of the region of Salland in the province of Overijssel. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/IJsselDelta.png]\n\n# Culture\n\n## Historical buildings and other landmarks\nKampen has a large number of old to very old buildings, including remains of the ancient city wall (whose city gates are still standing) and the Church of St Nicholas ([Bovenkerk](https://bliptext.com/articles/bovenkerk-kampen)).\nThe structure of the walled fortress city is still visible in the streets.\nSignificant structures include:\nThroughout the town of Kampen, there are colorful murals which are in fact old commercials for now-defunct business in Kampen.\nThese murals, which include Art Nouveau influences, were made by local artists and are now referred to as \"frescoes of the middle class\".\nAs a result of current municipal policy, wherever these murals are discovered under old plaster, they are restored to their former glory.\nA number of better or lesser known people with a certain connection with Kampen is honoured with a commemorative stone bearing their name and a single-sentence characterization of their personality or achievements, incorporated into the pavement of the Oude Raadhuisplein (formerly Koeplein), the square in between the old town hall, the former Post Office and Nieuwe Toren.\n\n## Gallery\n\n## Festivals and events\nAn annual festival during the summer months is the Kamper ui(t) day.\nThe name is derived from a series of folk tales in which the inhabitants of Kampen were portrayed as stupid.\nAnother summer event is the Full Color Festival, which is organized annually.\nEvery third Saturday of August, a comics event, called the Kamper Stripspektakel, is organized with over 100 booths.\nOnce every three years Sail Kampen takes place, a sailing spectacle with (old) sailing ships.\nA weekend before Christmas Christmas in Oud Kampen is organized.\nThere is street theater, where pieces of famous musicals are played, and mid-nineteenth-century characters are walking around the city.\n\n## Sports\nKampen is the home of football team [Go Ahead Kampen](https://bliptext.com/articles/go-ahead-kampen) and its rivals Dos Kampen, KHC Kampen, VV Kampen and IJVV.\n\n## Humor\nThe foolish wisdom of the residents of the Dutch city of Kampen gave rise to the term Kamper onion (Kamper ui, plural: Kamper uien) for [town-of-fools](https://bliptext.com/articles/town-of-fools) type stories, as well for the \"Kampersteur\" (\"Kamper [Sturgeon](https://bliptext.com/articles/sturgeon)\") dish, which is made not of sturgeon, but of eggs: to greet a visiting bishop the Kampers caught a large sturgeon, and to keep it fresh they tied a [cowbell](https://bliptext.com/articles/cowbell) to it and let it back in water.\nWhen the bishop arrived, the fish was gone, and a dish made of eggs was served instead.\nThe \"onion\" in \"Kamper onion\" comes from the tale, variants of which are [known in various cultures](https://bliptext.com/articles/stone-soup): a tramp convinces a farmer and his wife that he knows how to cook a nutritious stew from onion and salt.\nBut while cooking he adds plenty of other stuff \"to improve the taste\".\n# [Kamper Sturgeon with a cowbell | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/20150909///Kamper///steur.jpg]\n\n# Twin towns\nKampen is [twinned](https://bliptext.com/articles/twin-towns-and-sister-cities) with:\n\n# Transportation\nThe [Kampen railway station](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-railway-station) opened in 1865 as terminus of the [Kamperlijntje](https://bliptext.com/articles/kamperlijntje) branch from Overijssel's capital city [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle).\nIt is served by a non-stop diesel service on a single track.\nThe line was renovated in 2017 to be [electrified](https://bliptext.com/articles/electrification).\nIn December 2017, [Keolis Nederland](https://bliptext.com/articles/syntus) took over the line, after [Nederlandse Spoorwegen](https://bliptext.com/articles/nederlandse-spoorwegen) lost the line in a tendering process.\nThere is an alternative railway connection with [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle) via the [Hanzelijn](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanzelijn), which links [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle) with [Amsterdam](https://bliptext.com/articles/amsterdam) via [Dronten](https://bliptext.com/articles/dronten), [Lelystad](https://bliptext.com/articles/lelystad) and [Almere](https://bliptext.com/articles/almere).\nIt was inaugurated by [Queen Beatrix](https://bliptext.com/articles/queen-beatrix) in December 2012.\n[Kampen Zuid railway station](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-zuid-railway-station) was built a few kilometers south of Kampen near the junction of the national roads [N50](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n50-netherlands) and [N764](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n764-netherlands), where a new residential development is planned.\nSomewhat confusingly, there was a Kampen Zuid railway station in existence before, between 1 October 1913 and 15 May 1934.\nThis was the terminus of the Kampen–Hattem railway line, which connected with the Zwolle–Apeldoorn service via Wapenveld and Heerde.\nSurface roads connecting the city include [N760](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n760-netherlands), [N763](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n763-netherlands), [N765](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n765-netherlands) and [N307](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n307-netherlands).\n# [Kampen South railway station | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Kampen///Zuid///station///04.JPG]\n\n# Education\nKampen had two theological universities: the [Theological University of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PThU)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-theological-university) and the [theological college of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands (TUK)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-theological-university-of-the-reformed-churches-liberated).\n\n# Notable residents\n# [Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1870s | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Jacob///Eduard///van///Heemskerck///van///Beest///%281828-1894%29.jpg]\n# [Coen Hissink, 1917 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Toneelstukken%2C///Toneelspelers%2C///SFA022826636.jpg]\n\n## The arts\n\n## Public thinking & public service\n# [Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst, 1948 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Luitenant-generaal///J.J.G.///baron///van///Voorst///tot///Voorst///%281880-1963%29///in///1948.jpg]\n\n## Sport\n# [Petra van Staveren, 1984 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Petra///van///Staveren///1984.jpg]\n\n## Other","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T18:05:57.034Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T18:05:57.034Z","search_vector":"'kampen':1 'overijssel':2","search_content":" \n**Name:** Kampen \n**Settlement Type:** [City](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-cities-in-the-netherlands-by-province) and [municipality](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-municipalities-of-the-netherlands) \n**Image Skyline:** Kerk Kampen.jpg \n**Image Caption:** Kampen city centre with the [Bovenkerk](https://bliptext.com/articles/bovenkerk-kampen) in the middle of the picture \n**Image Flag:** Flag of Kampen.svg \n**Flag Size:** 100x67px \n**Image Shield:** Kampen wapen.svg \n**Shield Size:** 100x80px \n**Image Map:** Map - NL - Municipality code 0166 (2009).svg \n**Map Alt:** Highlighted position of Kampen in a municipal map of Overijssel \n**Map Caption:** Location in Overijssel \n**Pushpin Map:** Netherlands#Europe \n**Pushpin Map Caption:** Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe \n**Pushpin Relief:** 1 \n**Coordinates:** 52.55°N, 5.91667°W \n**Subdivision Type:** [Country](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-sovereign-states) \n**Subdivision Name:** [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands) \n**Subdivision Type 1:** [Province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands) \n**Subdivision Name 1:** [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) \n**Seat Type:** [City Hall](https://bliptext.com/articles/seat-of-local-government) \n**Seat:** [Kampen City Hall](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-hall-kampen) \n**Governing Body:** [Municipal council](https://bliptext.com/articles/municipal-council-netherlands) \n**Leader Party:** [CDA](https://bliptext.com/articles/christian-democratic-appeal) \n**Leader Title:** [Mayor](https://bliptext.com/articles/burgemeester) \n**Leader Name:** [Sander de Rouwe](https://bliptext.com/articles/sander-de-rouwe) \n**Unit Pref:** Metric \n**Elevation M:** 1 \n**Population Demonym:** Kampenaar \n**Timezone:** [CET](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-time) \n**Utc Offset:** +1 \n**Timezone Dst:** [CEST](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-summer-time) \n**Utc Offset Dst:** +2 \n**Postal Code Type:** [Postcode](https://bliptext.com/articles/postal-codes-in-the-netherlands) \n**Postal Code:** 8260–8279 \n**Area Code Type:** [Area code](https://bliptext.com/articles/telephone-numbers-in-the-netherlands) \n**Area Code:** 038 \n**Website:** http://www.kampen.nl \n \n\n# \n**Kampen** is a [city](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-cities-in-the-netherlands-by-[province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands)) and [municipality](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-municipalities-of-the-netherlands) in the [province](https://bliptext.com/articles/provinces-of-the-netherlands) of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel), [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands).\nA member of the former [Hanseatic League](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanseatic-league), it is located at the lower reaches of the river [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel).\nThe municipality of Kampen had a population of 0 in and covers an area of undefined km2.\nKampen is located in the North West of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) and is the largest city in this region.\nThe city of Kampen itself has around 37,000 inhabitants.\nKampen has one of the best preserved old town centres of the [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands), including remains of the ancient city wall (of which three [gates](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-gate) are still standing) and numerous [churches](https://bliptext.com/articles/church-building).\nAlso notable are the three [bridges](https://bliptext.com/articles/bridge) over the IJssel which connect Kampen with [IJsselmuiden](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijsselmuiden) and Kampereiland, the agricultural area between the branches which form the IJssel delta, and a [windmill](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill) (d' Olde Zwarver – the Old Vagabond).\nSince November 2018, the town and some communes are on a river island.\nBetween the 14th and 16th century it was one of the biggest towns in the Northern Netherlands (modern day European Netherlands).\nThe town is about 90 kilometer northeast of [Amsterdam](https://bliptext.com/articles/amsterdam).\nTraditionally people in Kampen speak a variation of the [Sallands](https://bliptext.com/articles/sallands) dialect, known as Kampers.\n\n# History\n\n## Middle Ages\nBy 1150, there were already wooden buildings on the site where Kampen is currently located.\nThe name Kampen, however, is not mentioned until 1277.\nThe city has had [city rights](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-rights-in-the-low-countries) since 1236.\nAs a result of its convenient location on the busy trade route between the [Zuiderzee](https://bliptext.com/articles/zuiderzee) and the [Rhine](https://bliptext.com/articles/rhine), Kampen quickly developed from simple settlements into a prosperous trading town, to become one of the most powerful and leading cities of northwestern Europe.\nIn the 14th century, Kampen exchanged with the [bishop of Utrecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/prince-bishopric-of-utrecht), Jan van Arkel, the [Mastenbroek](https://bliptext.com/articles/mastenbroek) polder against the right to increase the IJsseldelta.\nThe silting up of the [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel) brought a gradual end to the prosperity of Kampen from 1430 on.\nFor a long time Kampen did not want to sign a union and make economic and [political concessions](https://bliptext.com/articles/concession-politics) to other cities, as was usual in the [Hanseatic League](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanseatic-league).\nWhen the [County of Holland](https://bliptext.com/articles/county-of-holland) went to war with the Hanseatic League this situation came to an end: the city was forced to choose a side in the war.\nKampen was originally more oriented toward the Baltic trade and commerce with the hinterland of the Rhine, and therefore in 1441 formally joined the Hanseatic League.\nThe city had much influence in the League; despite loud protests from the other towns in lower reaches of the IJssel and from other Hanseatic cities, the League agreed in 1448 to build a bridge over the river.\nThis project was accomplished in just five months.\nWith this bridge Kampen hoped to be able to develop closer relationships with the hinterland.\n\n## Post-Medieval\nOn 11 August 1572 Kampen was conquered from the Spaniards by Willem van den Bergh, a brother of [William of Orange](https://bliptext.com/articles/william-the-silent).\nAfter the massacre of [Zutphen](https://bliptext.com/articles/zutphen) on 15 November, the city voluntarily surrendered to the Spanish.\nIn 1578, the city changed ownership again after the [Siege](https://bliptext.com/articles/siege) of Kampen, led by [George van Lalaing](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-van-lalaing).\nDue to its right to increase the IJsseldelta, Kampen was owner of the growing Kampereiland.\nFrom 1500 the islands were leased.\nThe rents were so large that the city did not need to raise taxes.\nIn October 1670, Kampen was the first of four Dutch cities to raise capital by issuing a [Tontine](https://bliptext.com/articles/tontine).\nThe [Franco-Dutch War](https://bliptext.com/articles/franco-dutch-war), fought by the [Republic of the United Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/dutch-republic) against the [Kingdom of France](https://bliptext.com/articles/france), [Sweden](https://bliptext.com/articles/swedish-empire), the [Bishopric of Münster](https://bliptext.com/articles/bishopric-of-m-nster), the [Archbishopric of Cologne](https://bliptext.com/articles/electorate-of-cologne) and the [Kingdom of England](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-england), marked a definitive end to the enormous power of the city.\nKampen only became well known again in the 19th century.\nThe city was difficult to reach from the sea, because the surrounding wetlands became silted up and shallow.\nDuring the preceding centuries, the watercourse of the river IJssel was dredged several times, but the costs were relatively high and within a few years, the river silted up again.\nAs the IJssel had several delta-like mouths here, the main route of the river shifted several times.\nIn the 19th century, a new strategy was put in place to counter this problem: some watercourses were dammed to allow for more water at a higher speed through one or two main routes.\nThis had the advantage that less sand and silt were deposited and resulted in a river course that \"swept itself clean\".\nA key figure in this story is city architect Nicolaas Plomp, who, besides his work for the current IJssel front of the city of Kampen, was also involved in hydraulic engineering.\nDue to the emerging industry in the 19th century and the importance of roads and railways for the economy, highways and paved roads were constructed to replace transportation over sand and mud roads.\n# [Kampen (Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden Dutch city maps, by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1652 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Blaeu///1652///-///Kampen.jpg]\n# [Winter landscape with skaters c. 1625 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Hendrick///Avercamp///-///Winterlandschap///met///schaatsers///bij///de///stad///Kampen.jpg]\n\n# Geography\nKampen is part of the province of [Overijssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/overijssel) ('Over-IJssel' i.e. (mostly) trans-/across the river IJssel, as seen from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528) in the Eastern part of The [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands), situated between the provinces of [Gelderland](https://bliptext.com/articles/gelderland), [Flevoland](https://bliptext.com/articles/flevoland), [Drenthe](https://bliptext.com/articles/drenthe) and [Friesland](https://bliptext.com/articles/friesland).\nThe city of Kampen is situated at the mouth of the river [IJssel](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijssel).\nOpposite Kampen, along the IJssel, lies [IJsselmuiden](https://bliptext.com/articles/ijsselmuiden), which is the second largest residential nucleus of the municipality Kampen.\nThe municipality of Kampen has five other population centers: [Grafhorst](https://bliptext.com/articles/grafhorst), ['s-Heerenbroek](https://bliptext.com/articles/s-heerenbroek), [Kamperveen](https://bliptext.com/articles/kamperveen), [Wilsum](https://bliptext.com/articles/wilsum) and [Zalk](https://bliptext.com/articles/zalk).\n# [Topographic map of the city of Kampen, March 2014 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Kampen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg]\n# [ Primary channel: river IJssel \n Secondary channel: IJssel (19th century); Ganzendiep (modern) \n Secondary channel: Ganzendiep \n Secondary channel: Goot \n Primary channel: Regtediep (19th century); River IJssel (modern) \n Secondary channel: Regtediep (19th century); Kattendiep (modern) \n Primary channel: Keteldiep \n Secondary channel: Noorderdiep (19th century); Noorddiep (modern) \n \n \n Historical city center of Kampen \n Oost-Flevoland polder, province of Flevoland \n Noordoostpolder, Flevoland \n \nAll other land areas on the map are part of the region of Salland in the province of Overijssel. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/IJsselDelta.png]\n\n# Culture\n\n## Historical buildings and other landmarks\nKampen has a large number of old to very old buildings, including remains of the ancient city wall (whose city gates are still standing) and the Church of St Nicholas ([Bovenkerk](https://bliptext.com/articles/bovenkerk-kampen)).\nThe structure of the walled fortress city is still visible in the streets.\nSignificant structures include:\nThroughout the town of Kampen, there are colorful murals which are in fact old commercials for now-defunct business in Kampen.\nThese murals, which include Art Nouveau influences, were made by local artists and are now referred to as \"frescoes of the middle class\".\nAs a result of current municipal policy, wherever these murals are discovered under old plaster, they are restored to their former glory.\nA number of better or lesser known people with a certain connection with Kampen is honoured with a commemorative stone bearing their name and a single-sentence characterization of their personality or achievements, incorporated into the pavement of the Oude Raadhuisplein (formerly Koeplein), the square in between the old town hall, the former Post Office and Nieuwe Toren.\n\n## Gallery\n\n## Festivals and events\nAn annual festival during the summer months is the Kamper ui(t) day.\nThe name is derived from a series of folk tales in which the inhabitants of Kampen were portrayed as stupid.\nAnother summer event is the Full Color Festival, which is organized annually.\nEvery third Saturday of August, a comics event, called the Kamper Stripspektakel, is organized with over 100 booths.\nOnce every three years Sail Kampen takes place, a sailing spectacle with (old) sailing ships.\nA weekend before Christmas Christmas in Oud Kampen is organized.\nThere is street theater, where pieces of famous musicals are played, and mid-nineteenth-century characters are walking around the city.\n\n## Sports\nKampen is the home of football team [Go Ahead Kampen](https://bliptext.com/articles/go-ahead-kampen) and its rivals Dos Kampen, KHC Kampen, VV Kampen and IJVV.\n\n## Humor\nThe foolish wisdom of the residents of the Dutch city of Kampen gave rise to the term Kamper onion (Kamper ui, plural: Kamper uien) for [town-of-fools](https://bliptext.com/articles/town-of-fools) type stories, as well for the \"Kampersteur\" (\"Kamper [Sturgeon](https://bliptext.com/articles/sturgeon)\") dish, which is made not of sturgeon, but of eggs: to greet a visiting bishop the Kampers caught a large sturgeon, and to keep it fresh they tied a [cowbell](https://bliptext.com/articles/cowbell) to it and let it back in water.\nWhen the bishop arrived, the fish was gone, and a dish made of eggs was served instead.\nThe \"onion\" in \"Kamper onion\" comes from the tale, variants of which are [known in various cultures](https://bliptext.com/articles/stone-soup): a tramp convinces a farmer and his wife that he knows how to cook a nutritious stew from onion and salt.\nBut while cooking he adds plenty of other stuff \"to improve the taste\".\n# [Kamper Sturgeon with a cowbell | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/20150909///Kamper///steur.jpg]\n\n# Twin towns\nKampen is [twinned](https://bliptext.com/articles/twin-towns-and-sister-cities) with:\n\n# Transportation\nThe [Kampen railway station](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-railway-station) opened in 1865 as terminus of the [Kamperlijntje](https://bliptext.com/articles/kamperlijntje) branch from Overijssel's capital city [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle).\nIt is served by a non-stop diesel service on a single track.\nThe line was renovated in 2017 to be [electrified](https://bliptext.com/articles/electrification).\nIn December 2017, [Keolis Nederland](https://bliptext.com/articles/syntus) took over the line, after [Nederlandse Spoorwegen](https://bliptext.com/articles/nederlandse-spoorwegen) lost the line in a tendering process.\nThere is an alternative railway connection with [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle) via the [Hanzelijn](https://bliptext.com/articles/hanzelijn), which links [Zwolle](https://bliptext.com/articles/zwolle) with [Amsterdam](https://bliptext.com/articles/amsterdam) via [Dronten](https://bliptext.com/articles/dronten), [Lelystad](https://bliptext.com/articles/lelystad) and [Almere](https://bliptext.com/articles/almere).\nIt was inaugurated by [Queen Beatrix](https://bliptext.com/articles/queen-beatrix) in December 2012.\n[Kampen Zuid railway station](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-zuid-railway-station) was built a few kilometers south of Kampen near the junction of the national roads [N50](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n50-netherlands) and [N764](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n764-netherlands), where a new residential development is planned.\nSomewhat confusingly, there was a Kampen Zuid railway station in existence before, between 1 October 1913 and 15 May 1934.\nThis was the terminus of the Kampen–Hattem railway line, which connected with the Zwolle–Apeldoorn service via Wapenveld and Heerde.\nSurface roads connecting the city include [N760](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n760-netherlands), [N763](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n763-netherlands), [N765](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n765-netherlands) and [N307](https://bliptext.com/articles/provincial-road-n307-netherlands).\n# [Kampen South railway station | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Kampen///Zuid///station///04.JPG]\n\n# Education\nKampen had two theological universities: the [Theological University of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PThU)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-theological-university) and the [theological college of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands (TUK)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kampen-theological-university-of-the-reformed-churches-liberated).\n\n# Notable residents\n# [Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1870s | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Jacob///Eduard///van///Heemskerck///van///Beest///%281828-1894%29.jpg]\n# [Coen Hissink, 1917 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Toneelstukken%2C///Toneelspelers%2C///SFA022826636.jpg]\n\n## The arts\n\n## Public thinking & public service\n# [Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst, 1948 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Luitenant-generaal///J.J.G.///baron///van///Voorst///tot///Voorst///%281880-1963%29///in///1948.jpg]\n\n## Sport\n# [Petra van Staveren, 1984 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Petra///van///Staveren///1984.jpg]\n\n## Other","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}