Rozenburg (island)

Rozenburg Island was formed centuries ago from several sand bars in the Meuse estuary.

In 1568, construction started on the first set of dikes and in 1586 the land known as Roosenburgh was leased to Dirk Ariensz.

In 1950, the stretch of the Nieuwe Maas river south of Rozenburg (also locally called the Brielse Maas) was dammed off at both ends of Rozenburg Island, thereby forming Brielse Meer and connecting it to Voorne-Putten Island.

Beginning in the same period, most of the island was given over to industrial enterprise, part of the Port of Rotterdam (Botlek and Europoort).

The new housing developments were concentrated around the old village centre of Rozenburg on the Scheur branch.