Lelystad-Haven was the largest island, and its wooden barracks housed a community of dyke-builders. In 1950 work commenced on several construction islands in the middle of the IJsselmeer. Sunset over the IJsselmeer, bordering Lelystad.Īfter the Second World War the Zuiderzee Works continued, constructing the polder of Eastern Flevoland. Due to the many shipwrecks in Flevoland, Lelystad now houses the National Centre for Maritime History, with a museum and the shipyard that has built the Batavia replica. The Zuiderzee (Southern Sea) was the main transport route from Amsterdam to the North Sea and the Hanseatic League cities. Due to rising water levels and storms, the peatlands were washed away, and the Lacus Flevo (in Roman times) grew to be the Almere (Middle Ages) and became the Zuiderzee. Near Lelystad at Swifterbant, the oldest human skeletons in Western Europe were discovered. About 6500 years ago this wetland was above high tide level and inhabited the Netherlands have steadily subsided since.
Lelystad is built on the seabed of the former Zuiderzee. Lelystad is approximately 3 metres (9.8 feet) below sea level. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible. Lelystad ( Dutch pronunciation: ( listen)) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland.
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