Noordgouwe is a village in the
Dutch province of
Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of
Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 12 km north of
Zierikzee.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1395 or 1396 as Noortgouda. It has been named after De Gouwe river which separated Schouwen from Duiveland. Noord (north) was the location of the polder on the island. In 1374, permission was granted to ''
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 ...
'' the salt marshes.
Noordgouwe is a circular village around a church which is surrounded by a moat.
The village used to be 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. ...
''.
In 1434, the
Carthusian
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...
monastery Sion was founded near Noordgouwe. In 1568, during the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
it was abandoned and later demolished.
The Dutch Reformed church was originally dedicated to the
Three Kings' Day. The tower was built shortly after 1462 and contains the entrance to the church. The church was rebuilt after it was destroyed by Spanish troops in 1576. It was restored and extensively modified in 1846.
Noordgouwe was home to 625 people in 1840.
It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with
Brouwershaven
Brouwershaven is a small city on the Grevelingen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, lies about 45 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis and 10 km north of Zierikzee.
Brouwershaven received ...
.
In 1997, it became part of the municipality of
Schouwen-Duiveland.
Gallery
File:Noordgouwe-Heerenweg-voormalig ziekenhuis.jpg, Former hospital
File:Noordgouwe-Heerenweg-Gasthuisjes.jpg, Former widow houses in Noordgouwe
File:Voorgevels - Noordgouwe - 20169039 - RCE.jpg, Street view (1962)
References
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Schouwen-Duiveland
History of Schouwen-Duiveland
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland