Oosterland is a village in the south-west

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. It is located in 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 ...

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, about 22 km south of

Hellevoetsluis Hellevoetsluis () is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and it includes the population centres Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1370 as "den ambochte in Oesterer Nuwelant in Duvelant", and means "eastern (polder) land". In 1353, permission was granted to enclose the area with a dike. Oosterland is a road village which developed after 1354. The Dutch Reformed church has a detached tower from the 14th century, because the original church burnt down in 1612. The tower burnt down in 1945 and was rebuilt between 1948 and 1950. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

of Oosterland was built in 1752. The wind mill went out of service after the

North Sea flood of 1953 The 1953 North Sea flood was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, causing extensive flooding. The storm and flo ...

. It was restored between 1957 and 1959, and remained in operation until 1965. Since 2017, the wind mill is back in service. Oosterland was home to 917 people in 1840. The village was bombed in 1945. A large part of the village was destroyed during the

and later rebuilt further north. Oosterland was a separate municipality until 1961, when the new municipality of

Duiveland Duiveland is the name of a former island and a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The island of Duiveland was joined to Schouwen in 1610, forming the island of Schouwen-Duiveland. It is the eastern part of the current island. Th ...

was created. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Oosterland Café en Cafetaria Even Buiten-Molenweg 62-64.JPG, Restaurant in Oosterland File:Oosterland Molenweg-v.m.Gem.huis.JPG, Former town hall File:Oosterland - Gereformeerde Gemeente.jpg, Reformed church File:Molen Oosterland.jpg, Wind mill Oosterlandse molen

References

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