Hoek () is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Terneuzen Terneuzen () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland. History First mentione ...

, and lies about 22 km south-east of

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History

Hoek is a dike village which developed at a location where three dikes met. To defend the former inlet

Braakman The Braakman was a large tidal inlet in the middle of the Dutch region of Zeelandic Flanders, on the south bank of the Westerschelde west of Terneuzen. It was created by a succession of storm surges in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the ...

, Fort Nassau was built near Hoek in 1588 opposite the fortress of

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. After

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 ...

was conquered by the

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in 1645, the fort started to deteriorate. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church from 1608. In 1900, a tower was added in

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style with a needle spire. In 2015, it was severely damaged by fire, and restored in 2016. 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 ...

Windlust was built in 1857. It was in service until 1958. It was restored between 1979 and 1980 and returned to active service. Hoek was home to 420 people in 1840. Hoek was a separate municipality until 1970 when it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

Hoek - Gereformeerde Kerken Vrijgemaakt 1.jpg , Church of the

Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt)) are an orthodox Calvinist federation of churches. This church body arose in 1944 out of the so-called Liberation (') from the Reformed ...

in Hoek. File:Hoek - Gemeentelijk monument - Langestraat 17.jpg, Villa in Hoek File:Overzicht voorgevel en linker zijgevel - Hoek - 20352932 - RCE.jpg, Hotel in Hoek

References

Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Terneuzen {{Zeeland-geo-stub