Elburg, Netherlands - Elburg is a municipality with 22,000 inhabitants on the edge of the Veluwe. The town of Elburg is a well preserved historical town. The municipality Elburg further consists of a number of villages. In the southwest lies Doornspijk which is a leading agrarian community. The Hoge Enk is a small rural village close to Doornspijk. t Harde lies strategic along the motorway A28 and the railroad track from Amersfoort to Zwolle. Oostendorp is a village which lies close to Elburg but has preserved its own character well.
Elburg has been mentioned in 1367 as a 'Hanzestad', a Hanseatic town. Elburg is one of the most original kept fortified towns of the Netherlands. It has an unique straight street pattern and a part of the old townwalls has been preserved well. In the nineteenth century a part of the fortifications was levelled. The town governing board agreed with the construction of small houses against the remaining town walls. Some of this houses still stand.
For Elburg fishing has been very important. The most characteristic vestige of the fishermen past are the botters, wooden sailing ships which were used in former days for the fishing on the Zuiderzee and are now used for tourist purposes.
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