Plompe gates
The Plompe Toren is a late Gothic, 23 meter high tower (" Toren ", Dutch for tower ), located directly on the southern dike near Burgh-Haamstede on the Dutch island of Schouwen-Duiveland (province of Zeeland ). The tower originally belonged to the parish church of the lost village of Koudekerke (not to be confused with the eponymous Koudekerke on Walcheren ). With Koudekerke, another thirteen villages disappeared between 1475 and 1650; around 3500 hectares of land was lost due to repeated dike breaches .
history
After 1311 the first parish church was built in Koudekerke, which was probably dedicated to St. Martin of Tours . This first church building fell victim to a severe storm surge between October 8 and 10, 1375. After 1468, Ludwig von Bruges had the church rebuilt. However, this did not have a long duration of its worship service. Since Koudekerke was exposed to the as yet untamed forces of the Oosterschelde , the village was abandoned and the parish church was finally torn down in 1583, except for the tower. Since building material was scarce at this time, the stones and usable boards were reused for new buildings. The old church tower, however, was designed as a landmark for shipping to and from Antwerp .
The first fundamental restoration of the tower took place in 1935, and in 1974 the outside was restored. The tower has been owned by the Dutch Vereniging Natuurmonumenten since 1997 , which has set up a visitor center there that is open all year round.
literature
- Jan JB Kuipers, Sluimerend in slik. Verdronken dorpen en verdronken land in Zuidwest Nederland , De Ruiter 2004.
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 0.2 ″ N , 3 ° 46 ′ 31.2 ″ E
Web links
- natuurmonumenten.nl , accessed on April 29, 2011