Kattendijke is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located 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 ...

on the

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about 5 km northeast of the city of Goes.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1214 as Cattindic. The etymology is unclear. The flood of 1134 resulted in large inundated areas around Kattendijke. The

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monks from abbey Ter Doel started to built dikes and ''

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'' the land. Kattendijke developed into a ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

''. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1404 on a ''

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'' (artificial hill). Only the nave of the medieval church remains due to war and decay. It was renovated in 1954 and restored to its original shape. Kattendijke was home to 255 people in 1840. In 1927, a railway station was built on the

Wemeldinge Wemeldinge is the oldest village in the Zuid-Beveland area of the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle, about 4 km northwest of Yerseke. It is located within the Eastern Scheldt national park. History T ...

railway line. The station closed in 1934. Until 1970, Kattendijke was a separate municipality when it was merged into Goes.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. The municipality also covered the village of

Wilhelminadorp Wilhelminadorp is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Goes.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Wilhelminadorp was founded in 1812, when the Wilhelminapolder was ...

which contained the town hall.

Gallery

File:Hervormde Kerk Kattendijke1a.jpg, Dutch Reformed church File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Kattendijke - 20290383 - RCE.jpg, Bandstand

References

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