Rijsoord

Farmhouse in Rijsoord

Location in the municipality of Ridderkerk

Coat of arms

Rijsoord is a village in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands.

It belongs to the municipality of Ridderkerk and was a municipality until 1855.^[1]

Rijsoord has 3,005 people living there in 2022.^[2]

During World War II, the Dutch army surrendered to Nazi Germany in Rijsoord on May 15, 1940.^[3]

Rijsoord Media

1870 map of Ridderkerk, with the former municipality of Rijsoord highlighted in green; Strevelshoek (part of municipality Rijsoord between 1846 and 1855) in orange.

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