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Texel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛsəl] ⓘ; Texels dialect: Tessel) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,846 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, and southwest of Vlieland.
The name Texel is Frisian, but because of historical sound-changes in Dutch, where all -x- sounds have been replaced with -s- sounds (compare for instance English fox, Frisian fokse, German Fuchs with Dutch vos), the name is typically pronounced Tessel in Dutch.
The All Saints' Flood of 1170 created the islands of Texel and Wieringen from North Holland. In the 13th century Ada, Countess of Holland was held prisoner on Texel by her uncle, William I, Count of Holland.[citation needed]
Texel received city rights in 1415.[citation needed]
The first Dutch expedition to the Northwest Passage departed from the island on 5 June 1594.[citation needed]
Texel was involved in the Battle of Scheveningen (1653) during the First Anglo-Dutch War and the Battle of Texel (1673) during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[citation needed]
The shallow waters around Texel have been responsible for many shipwrecks, including in February 1643, the loss of a ship (the 'Palmwood Wreck') containing the household of Queen Henrietta Maria of France. Later wrecks included the British ship HMS Hero, sunk on the sands off Texel in 1811.
During the American Revolutionary War, Texel was used as a port by Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones after the battle of Flamborough Head off the Yorkshire coast in September 1779. In the battle, Jones captured the Royal Navy frigate Serapis, which he sailed to Texel for desperately needed repairs. This event further complicated Anglo-Dutch relations.
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Texel
Texel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛsəl] ⓘ; Texels dialect: Tessel) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,846 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, and southwest of Vlieland.
The name Texel is Frisian, but because of historical sound-changes in Dutch, where all -x- sounds have been replaced with -s- sounds (compare for instance English fox, Frisian fokse, German Fuchs with Dutch vos), the name is typically pronounced Tessel in Dutch.
The All Saints' Flood of 1170 created the islands of Texel and Wieringen from North Holland. In the 13th century Ada, Countess of Holland was held prisoner on Texel by her uncle, William I, Count of Holland.[citation needed]
Texel received city rights in 1415.[citation needed]
The first Dutch expedition to the Northwest Passage departed from the island on 5 June 1594.[citation needed]
Texel was involved in the Battle of Scheveningen (1653) during the First Anglo-Dutch War and the Battle of Texel (1673) during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[citation needed]
The shallow waters around Texel have been responsible for many shipwrecks, including in February 1643, the loss of a ship (the 'Palmwood Wreck') containing the household of Queen Henrietta Maria of France. Later wrecks included the British ship HMS Hero, sunk on the sands off Texel in 1811.
During the American Revolutionary War, Texel was used as a port by Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones after the battle of Flamborough Head off the Yorkshire coast in September 1779. In the battle, Jones captured the Royal Navy frigate Serapis, which he sailed to Texel for desperately needed repairs. This event further complicated Anglo-Dutch relations.
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