I-Vlissingen idolobha eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yesiqhingi esidala saseWalcheren. Njengoba ibekiwe kahle phakathi komfula iScheldt neNorth Sea, iVlissingen ibiyitheku elibalulekile amakhulu eminyaka.
Yanikezwa amalungelo wedolobha ngo-1315. Futhi ngekhulu le-17 iVlissingen yayivele iyichweba eliyinhloko lemikhumbi yeDutch East India Company. Kuyaziwa nangokuthi indawo yokuzalwa ka-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
IVlissingen iphawuleka kakhulu ngeziqu zeScheldt, lapho iningi lemikhumbi yeRoyal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) yakhiwe khona.
Lo mzana wokudoba wazalelwa echwebeni laseScheldt cishe ngonyaka we-620 AD owakhula kuwo wonke umlando wawo weminyaka eyi-1400 waba itheku lesithathu elibaluleke kakhulu eNetherlands. Futhi phakathi namakhulu eminyaka, iVlissingen yaba yisikhungo sokudoba, ikakhulukazi i-herring, ukuhweba, ukuzimela kanye nokuhweba ngezigqila.
Umlando weVlissingen ubuye wakhonjwa ngokuhlasela, ukucindezela kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu. Ngenxa yesikhundla sayo esiseScheldt, ukudlula okubaluleke kakhulu kwe-Antwerp, kwaheha intshisekelo yamaNgisi, amaFrance, amaJalimane kanye neSpanish. Izikhukhula nazo zaziyingozi njalo.
Izimpi zikaNapoleon zaziyinhlekelele enkulu kuleli dolobha. Ngemuva kuka-1870, umnotho wavuka ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwamachweba amasha, lapho kufika isitimela nokwakhiwa kwendawo yemikhumbi ebizwa ngeDe Schelde. NgeMpi Yomhlaba Yesibili idolobha lahlukumezeka kakhulu ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu nezikhukhula.
Idolobha lakhiwa kabusha ngemuva kwempi. Ngawo-1960, indawo ethekwini yathuthukiswa yachuma. Namuhla cishe. Imikhumbi engama-50.000 XNUMX ngonyaka evela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba idlula eScheldt.
Izivakashi zikhangwa yiVlissingen hhayi kuphela ngenxa yomlando wayo nohlamvu lwasolwandle, kepha futhi ngoba akukho ndawo emhlabeni lapho imikhumbi emikhulu idlula khona ngasogwini.