Schore is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Kapelle Kapelle () is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. As of January 2017, the municipality's population amounts to 12,620. Population centers Topography ''The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015'' Transport ...

, about 8 km southwest of

Goes Goes () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents. History Goes was founded in the 10th century on the edge of a creek: de Korte ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1253 as Dodinus de Scoren, and means "land on water". Schore is a circular church village. Schore was founded after 1150 when a dike was built around

Zuid-Beveland Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt. Topography It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevelan ...

. The village was flooded and destroyed in 1248. It was later rebuilt as a small agricultural community. Schore was home to 261 people in 1840. The old centre was destroyed in 1940 by war, and redesigned by

Jordanus Roodenburgh Jordanus (Daan) Roodenburgh (23 July, 1886 – 4 February, 1972) was a Dutch urban-architect and former General director of AFC Ajax. Career Born 23 July 1886 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Daan started his career working for K.P.C. de Bazel and H ...

. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church was a narrow needle spire which was completed in 1942. Schore was a separate municipality until 1941, when it was merged with

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Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Kapelle {{Zeeland-geo-stub