Ostende, Belgium - La Place de la Gare/ Station Place - postcard c.1910

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Ostende - La Place de la Gare
• Publisher:  CF, Br
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, Dutch pronunciation: [o?s't?nd?]; French: Ostende; German: Ostende, German pronunciation: ['?st?nd?]) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke (West Flanders), Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.

In earlier times, Ostend was nothing more than a small village built on the east-end (Dutch: oost-einde) of an island (originally called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake. Although small, the village rose to the status of ""town"" around 1265 when the inhabitants were allowed to hold a market and to build a market hall.

The major source of income for the inhabitants was fishing. The North Sea coastline has always been rather unstable and in 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend behind large dikes and further away from the always-threatening sea.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=europe

county/ country=belgium

number of items=single

period=pre - 1914

postage condition=unposted