Lamswaarde is a village in the
Dutch province of
Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of
Hulst, and lies about 23 km southwest of
Bergen op Zoom.
The village was first mentioned around 1260 as Lamswerd, and means "land on water belonging to Lam(bert)".
Lamswaarde is a road village which developed in the 13th century near the outpost of the
Cistercian
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monastery Baudeloo.
The outpost was destroyed in the late 16th century during the
Eighty Years' War
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.
The village was flooded in 1578. 1615, a new dike was constructed around the Oostvogel and the land was ''
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''.
The Catholic St Cornelius was built between 1871 and 1873 to replace the barn church of 1686. It is a three-aisled basilica-like church. The Theresiagesticht was an orphanage constructed between 1925 and 1926. A matching girls school has built next to the orphanage.
Lamswaarde was home to 405 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of
Hontenisse
Hontenisse (population in 2002: 8,014) is a former municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the municipality of Hulst in the province of Zeeland. The municipality covered an area of 115.78 km² (of which 3.53 km² water).
On January 1, 20 ...
. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of
Hulst.
Gallery
File:Lamswaarde - Heilige Corneliuskerk 1.jpg, St Cornelius Church
File:513124 Bakhuis 2.jpg, Farm in Lamswaarde
File:Woonhuis en schuur - Lamswaarde - 20128792 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Lamswaarde
File:513124 Bakhuis 1.jpg, House in Lamswaarde
References
Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
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