Clinge is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Hulst Hulst () is a municipality and city in southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeelandic Flanders. History Hulst received city rights in the 12th century. Hulst was captured from the Spanish in 1591 by Maurice of Orange but was recaptured b ...

, and lies about 28 km southwest of

Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands. Etymology The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil p ...

. Clinge is located on the Dutch-Belgian border and joins with the Belgian town of

De Klinge De Klinge is a Belgian town and part of the municipality of Sint-Gillis-Waas in the province of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), is located on the border with the Netherlands province of Zeeland and within the non-administrative region known as th ...

, in the Belgian municipality of

Sint-Gillis-Waas Sint-Gillis-Waas (;Every word in isolation: . french: Saint-Gilles-Waes) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of De Klinge, , Sint-Gillis-Waas proper and . On 1 January 2018, Sin ...

. This border can normally be crossed freely.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as die clinc, and means hill. Clinge is a linear settlement. The moorland was cultivated in the 13th century and ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ...

''ed in 1616. In 1830, it was cut off from its Belgian part and became an independent parish in 1875. The Catholic St Henricus Church was built in 1875 and is a three-aisled basilica like church. The tower was restored in 1973. Clinge was home to 692 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1970 when it was merged into

Gallery

File:Clinge, de Heilige Henricuskerk RM509696 foto14 2013-05-06 14.41.jpg, Clinge, church: de Heilige Henricuskerk File:Linker zijgevel met druivenkas en voorgevel - Clinge - 20340966 - RCE.jpg, House File:Clinge - Town hall 1.jpg, Former town hall

References

Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Belgium–Netherlands border crossings Hulst {{Zeeland-geo-stub