Noordwelle is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Schouwen-Duiveland Schouwen-Duiveland () is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands province of Zeeland. The municipality has 33,737 inhabitants (1 January 2016) and covers an area of (of which is water). The northside of the island has two fi ...

, and lies about 5 km southwest of

Scharendijke Scharendijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24 km west of Hellevoetsluis. The village was first mentioned in 1487 as Schaerdendijke, and is a combination o ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1109 as Willa, and means

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. Noord (north) has been added to distinguish from the former village Zuidwelle. Noordwelle is a circular village around a church which is surrounded by moat. It developed near a 13th century castle which was lost in a flood in the 15th or 16th century. In 1575, Noordwelle was in Spanish hands and liberated by the

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on 14 January 1576. The Dutch Reformed church is a single-aisled church. The tower dates from around 1450. The church was destroyed by war in 1576, and rebuilt slightly bigger in the 17th century. The

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was converted into a school in 1859. In the early 1960s, the school parts were demolished. Noordwelle was home to 392 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with

Westerschouwen Westerschouwen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The municipality was formed in a merger of the municipalities Burgh, Haamstede, Noordwelle, Renesse, and Serooskerke on January 1, 1961. As the name indicates, it cover ...

. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Overzicht - Noordwelle - 20169406 - RCE.jpg, Villa in Noordwelle File:Voorgevels - Noordwelle - 20169361 - RCE.jpg, Houses in Noordwelle

References

{{Authority control Schouwen-Duiveland History of Schouwen-Duiveland Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland