Raamsdonksveer is a town in the Dutch municipality of
Geertruidenberg,
North Brabant. It lies on the east side of the
Donge opposite Geertruidenberg. It is a regional center of commerce and industry. Raamsdonksveer lies between
Oosterhout and
Hank
History
The village was first mentioned between 1649 and 1672 as "'t Ransdoncx Veer", and means the ferry of
Raamsdonk. Raamsdonksveer developed around the ferry over the
Donge which formed part of the road from
Dordrecht to
Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
.
In 1336, the
Carthusian monastery Het Hollandse Huis was founded near the village. It was destroyed during the
Reformation at the end of the 16th century. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church in
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style which was built in 1860. The former water tower was built in 1925. In 1988, office buildings were added near the base of the tower.
Raamsdonksveer was home to 1,856 people in 1840.
On 1886, a railway station opened on the Langstraat Line (
Lage Zwaluwe to
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
). It was closed in 1950.
Raamsdonksveer was part of the municipality of
Raamsdonk until 1996, when it was merged into
Geertruidenberg.
Gallery
File:Raamsdonksveer - RM520053.jpg, Dutch Reformed church
File:Raamsdonksveer - RM520056.jpg, House in Raamsdonksveer
File:Raamsdonkveer - Maasdijk 9.jpg, Villa in Raamsdonksveer
File:Grote Kerkstraat, Raamsdonksveer.jpg, Street in Raamsdonksveer
References
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Populated places in North Brabant
Geertruidenberg