Nieuw-Namen 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 24 km south 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 ...

. The village is located on the border with the Belgium, and forms a single urban area with the Belgian village of

Kieldrecht Kieldrecht is a village and ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) of Beveren in East Flanders, Belgium. Kieldrecht was an independent municipality until 1977, when it merged with Beveren as part of the fusion of municipalities in Belgium. The villa ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1136 as Hulsterlo. From 1874 onwards, it became Nieuw-Namen, and means the new village Namen which was flooded and was named after Jan van Namen who built dikes in the area. The poem ''

Van den vos Reynaerde ''Van den vos Reinaerde'' (English title: ''Of Reynaert the Fox'') is the Middle Dutch version of the story of Reynard, as written by Willem die Madoc maecte. The poem dates from around 1250. It is considered a major work of Middle Dutch litera ...

'' was supposed to have taken place in Nieuw-Namen. "Int oestende van Vlaenderen staet een bosch, ende hiet Hulsterloo". Translation: "In the eastern end of Flanders, there is a forest and it is called Hulsterloo (old name)". Nieuw-Namen was home to 701 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of

Clinge Clinge is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 28 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom. Clinge is located on the Dutch-Belgian border and joins with the Belgian town of De Klinge, in ...

. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of

References

Populated places in Zeeland Hulst {{Zeeland-geo-stub