Wissenkerke

Not to be confused with nearby Wissekerke, or Wissekerke Castle in Bazel.

Wissenkerke
Village
Building in Wissenkerke
Flag Coat of arms
Wissenkerke Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands Show map of Zeeland Wissenkerke Wissenkerke (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°35′4″N 3°44′48″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Noord-Beveland
Area [1]
• Total	11.79 km^2 (4.55 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	1.1 m (3.6 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,175
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4491[1]
Dialing code	0113

Wissenkerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Noord-Beveland, and lies about 20 km northeast of Middelburg.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1230 as Wiscenkerke, and means "(private) church of Wisce". The original village was lost in the Saint Felix Flood of 1530.[3] Only the church tower remained standing for several decades as a marker of the drowned village.[4]

A new settlement appeared after the polder was enclosed by a dike in 1652. In 1697, the Thoornpolder was diked resulting the loss of the harbour.[5]

The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church which was built in 1969 to replace the church was from 1827.[5] In 1860, the wind mill De Onderneming was built and the wind mill Landzicht followed in 1869.[4]

In 1816, the village of Kampensnieuwland was merged into Wissenkerke.[6] Wissenkerke was home to 1,871 people in 1840.[7] Wissenkerke then remained a separate municipality until 1995 when it was merged into Noord-Beveland.[6]

Gallery

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  House in Wissenkerke
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  Windmill: korenmolen de Onderneming
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  Former windmill: korenmolen het Landzigt
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  Building in Wissenkerke

See also

• 's-Gravenhoek

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 4491EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
3. "Wissenkerke - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
4. "Wissenkerke". Zalig Zeeland (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
5. Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Wissenkerke (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
6. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
7. "Wissenkerke" (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.