Its location at the mouth of the peat river Gouw made Hoorn attractive to traders. Contact was possible with other settlements in West Friesland via the river and contact was made with cities further away by sea.
The growth and prosperity that the Netherlands experienced during and after the Eighty Years' War also had an effect on Hoorn. Hoorn became the administrative and economic center of the area north of the IJ.
However, Hoorn could not compete with Amsterdam. More and more ships sailed past Hoorn and slowly the city went downhill.
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