Zwartewaal

Town in South Holland, Netherlands

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

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51°53′N 4°13′E / 51.883°N 4.217°E / 51.883; 4.217CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityVoorne aan ZeeArea

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• Total9.52 km² (3.68 sq mi)Elevation

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0.2 m (0.7 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total1,905 • Density200/km² (520/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

3238^[1]

Dialing code0181

Zwartewaal is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland, The Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and lies about 5 km south of Maassluis.

History

The village was first mentioned in the middle of the 13th century as "ten Zwarten Wale", and means "black (water) pond created after a dike breech".^[3] Zwartewaal is dike village which developed after 1180 when the Zwartewaal polder was created. A fishing harbour was constructed outside the dike.^[4] On 5 July 1351. the Battle of Zwartewaal was fought where William I, Duke of Bavaria defeated his mother and became count of Holland. Mother and son made peace in 1354.^[5]

The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church from the 15th century. The tower was built in 1597.^[5] The church is built on a terp (artificial hill) and is located outside of the village centre, because the village relocated due to flooding.^[5]

Zwartewaal was home to 1,006 people in 1840.^[5] It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1980, when it became part of Brielle.^[6]

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Dutch Reformed church
Zwartewaal and surroundings from Gemeente Atlas van Nederland by J. Kuyper, 1867

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 3238AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Zwartewaal - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Zwartewaal" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-9034-3. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Zwartewaal". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.