Hardinxveld-Giessendam

Hardinxveld-Giessendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑrdɪŋksfɛlt ˌxisə(n)ˈdɑm] ⓘ)[a] is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

The town's economy is for a large part dependent on ship building (e.g. Damen Shipyards Group) and general contracting.

In recent years, the municipality had serious fiscal problems, resulting in direct oversight by the Province for a period of time.

During that research in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, some archeological items were found, including a 7500-year-old skeleton of a woman, now named "Trijntje".

Since December 2003, the reconstructed corpse has been added to the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam, June 2015
Job de Ruiter, 1980