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 |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0111 |
Postcodes | 4325-4328 |
Website | Homepage of Burgh-Haamstede |
Location of Burgh-Haamstede in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland |
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.
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Web links
- Website of the place (including Dutch, German, English, French)
- Tourist office website (Dutch)
- Burgh-Haamstede: Website of the tourist office VVV Zeeland (German, Dutch, English)
- Plompe Toren website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 9, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Description of the dive site , Dutch, accessed January 18, 2016