Burgh-Haamstede

Burgh-Haamstede
province	Zeeland
local community	Schouwen-Duiveland
Area; - land ; - water	37.35 km 2; 37.17 km 2; 0.18 km 2
Residents	4,230 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates	51 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 45 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 45 ′ E
Important traffic route
prefix	0111
Postcodes	4325-4328
Website	Homepage of Burgh-Haamstede
	Location of Burgh-Haamstede in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland

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Burgh-Haamstede is a village in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland . It consists of the villages of Burgh and Haamstede, each with its own village center and church. In the meantime, however, the two villages form a unit. Burgh-Haamstede has 4,230 inhabitants.

A settlement of the Vlaardingen culture with two-aisled houses was found near Haamstede between old beach walls .

The Zeeland coastal marathon, which takes place every year on the first weekend in October, starts in Burgh-Haamstede and ends in Zoutelande .

Attractions

Burgh was founded in the 9th century AD as a ring wall . The ring shape can still be seen.

In Haamstede there is Slot Haamstede , a castle with a defense tower from the 13th century AD, and the attached Slotbos , a park-like forest area.

In the center of the village is the late Gothic Protestant St. John's Church .

The Westerlichttoren lighthouse has stood in the north-west of Nieuw-Haamstede since 1837 .

The small port town of Burghsluis is located southeast of Burgh-Haamstede on the Oosterschelde . A station of the Royal Society for the Rescue of Drowning with a lifeboat stood there since 1862 (until it was destroyed by the German occupiers in 1945) . A memorial to the sea rescuers of Schouwen-Duiveland was unveiled here in 1989. During the flood disaster of 1953 , Burghsluis and the neighboring towns of Serooskerke and De Schelphoek were badly affected, and there were also fatalities.

About two kilometers northeast of Burghsluis (in the direction of Zierikzee ) stands the Plompe Toren directly on the dike , the last remnant of the village of Koudekerke, which sank in the Oosterschelde. There is also a suitable place for scuba divers.