A photo taken in Delfshaven during the blue hour. Delfshaven is an administrative district of the municipality of Rotterdam. Delfshaven had 70,290 inhabitants on 1 January 2006 and covers an area of 5.80 km². Originally, Delfshaven was part of Delft. In 1795 it became independent, to be annexed by Rotterdam in 1886. Delfshaven came into existence in 1389, when the Delfshavense Schie was dug to give the city of Delft a connection to the river Maas. Since then, ships from Delft could reach the Nieuwe Maas via the Delft and Delfshaven Schie. The port town of 'Delfshaven' developed around the lock. It had the status of a 'colony of Delft'. In the early sixteenth century, Delfshaven had just over 100 houses and 400 inhabitants. Growth stagnated when the Angles caused massive devastation during the Hoekse en Kabeljauwse disputes.