s-Heer Arendskerke is a village in the municipality of

Goes Goes () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents. History Goes was founded in the 10th century on the edge of a creek: de Korte ...

in the south-western

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Overview

The settlement consists of two circles of houses around a Protestant church, on a single main road with an obsolete village hall. On the other side of the main road is a little industrial site called ''Eindewege'' (end of the road), containing tin huts and small garages. The remainder of the area is given over to fields for agriculture. There is one primary school and one secondary school. There is also a GP and a nurse/physiotherapist. The village also has a fire brigade unit with two trucks

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maintains a winter depot here, with reserve stocks for dyke repairs.

History

The village was first mentioned around 1280 as Ecclesia Arnoldi, and means "(private) church of Arnold (person)". The floods of 1014 and 1134 reduced

Zuid-Beveland Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt. Topography It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevelan ...

to islands. 's-Heer Arendskerke was founded in the late 12th century after a

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was built. It was originally a maritime settlement, but as the sea silted, it became an agricultural community. It was originally a circular settlement around the church. In the 13th century, a

motte-and-bailey castle A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to ...

was built by Arend or Arnoldus van Skinge. The castle was heavily damaged during the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...

and demolished in the 17th century. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from the 14th century. The 13th century nave was replaced in the 15th century. The choir was demolished in 1859 and replaced by

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. 's-Heer Arendskerke was home to 1,325 people in 1840. In 1872, a railway station was opened on the

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Towns/villages of the municipality * Roosendaal (population: 66,760) * Wouw (4,920) * Heerle (1, ...

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railway line. In 1927, the lines

Hoedekenskerke Hoedekenskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 22 km east of Middelburg. History The village was first mentioned around 1280 as Hoedekinskerke, and means "(private) ...

and Goes to the ferry at

Wolphaartsdijk Wolphaartsdijk is a village in the Netherlands, located in the province Zeeland. Wolphaartsdijk is part of the municipality of Goes. In 2009 the village had 2109 inhabitants. History During the Middle Ages, Wolphaartsdijk, and Westkerke were lo ...

were added. The station closed in 1946, and the building was demolished in 1963. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

Nooit Gedacht was constructed in 1872. In 1912, an engine was installed in the wind mill. In 1984, it was sold to a foundation and restored in 1988, and has returned to active service. 's-Heer Arentskerke was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged into

. In 2009, the

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

castle Arendsslot was built and is used for weddings, meetings and parties. The Vrouweputje is located to the south of the village and is a site of Catholic pilgrimage. According to legend, Greet was banned from Goes and

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appeared near a well and told Greet to cure people. The water in the well is

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Gallery

File:'s Heer Arendskerke, kerk foto2 2009-09-25 16.37.JPG, Dutch Reformed church File:Carillon Arendskerke.jpg, Carillon of 's-Heer Arendskerke File:Gevels - 's-Heer Arendskerke - 20105475 - RCE.jpg, Street view (1964) File:Overzicht van de voorgevel en de linker zijgevel van de boerderij met een gedeelte van de schuur - 's-Heer Arendskerke - 20380990 - RCE.jpg, Farm in 's-Heer Arendskerke

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heer Arendskerke Former municipalities of Zeeland Populated places in Zeeland Goes