Capelle (also ''Kapelle''
) is a village in the
Dutch province of
North Brabant. It is located about 6 km west of
Waalwijk
Waalwijk () is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and W ...
.
The village was first mentioned in 1257 as Capella, and means chapel.
The original village was flooded in the
St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1750 and has a wooden domed tower.
Capelle was home to 144 people in 1840.
Capelle was a separate municipality until 1923, when it merged with Sprang and Vrijhoeve-Capelle. They formed the new municipality of
Sprang-Capelle, which existed until 1997.
The village was flooded during the
North Sea flood of 1953
The 1953 North Sea flood was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, causing extensive flooding.
The storm and flo ...
and 42 people died. The municipality decided not to rebuilt the village.
Since 1997 Capelle is part of the municipality of Waalwijk.
References
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Waalwijk
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