Ooltgensplaat is a village in the
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province of
South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of
Goeree-Overflakkee
Goeree-Overflakkee () is the southernmost delta island of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet, from the mainland of North Brabant by the Volkerak, and from Schou ...
, and lies about 17 km south of
Spijkenisse.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1554 as Oitkensplate, and means "
shoal of Oltken (person)". Ooltgensplaat developed after the Het Oudeland polder was created between 1481 and 1483. The village has a harbour canal to the
Volkerak
The Volkerak is a body of water in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, and is situated between the island Goeree-Overflakkee to the north-west and the Dutch mainland to the south and east. The western part of the Volk ...
. Ooltgensplaats became strategically important during the
Eighty Years' War because it controlled the access to the Volkerak.
The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless L-shaped church which was built in 1847 as a replacement of the 16th century church. The former town hall is a building in
mannerist
Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Ita ...
style built between 1617 and 1618. It was restored between 1938 and 1939, and many of the alterations from 1839 were undone.
Fort Prins Hendrik was built as Fort Duquesne by the French. It is a square fortress surrounded by a moat with bastions on the corners. L-shaped barracks were added between 1880 and 1883. The fortress was decommissioned in 1928. In 1969, it was used as a holiday resort.
The company went bankrupt in 2014, and in 2018, the fort and surrounding area was bought by the municipality.
Ooltgensplaat was home to 1,583 people in 1840.
It was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of
Oostflakkee
Oostflakkee () is a former municipality on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of about 107 km² (of which about 33 km² was covered by w ...
.
In 2013, it became part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.
Gallery
File:Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Ooltgensplaat P1390349.jpg, Dutch Reformed church
File:Ooltgensplaat Voorstr 17 Woonhuis.jpg, House in Oolgensplaat
File:Raadhuis.Ooltgensplaat.jpg, Former town hall
File:Coop Ooltgensplaat P1390373.jpg, Supermarket
References
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Former municipalities of South Holland
Populated places in South Holland
Goeree-Overflakkee