Hillegersberg is a neighborhood of Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was founded as a village in the Middle Ages (by legend

Legend

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 because the giantess

Giant (mythology)

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 Hillegonda dropped some sand

Sand

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 from her apron

Apron

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 and Hillegersberg was founded on the mound

Mound

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 which was formed by that). Hillegersberg remained a separate municipality until 1941, when it was amalgamated into Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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 as part of the new sub-municipality of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek

Hillegersberg-Schiebroek

Hillegersberg-Schiebroek is a borough in northern Rotterdam. The borough has 40,846 inhabitants.Until the annexation by Rotterdam on August 1, 1941 were Hillegersberg and Schiebroek independent communities. In 1947 in Rotterdam, the first elected councils established, in 1948 was the first...

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Residents

• Janwillem van de Wetering
  Janwillem van de Wetering
  Janwillem Lincoln van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He was particularly noted for his detective fiction, his most popular creations being Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories...
  
  spent his childhood in Hillegersberg