Sint Philipsland is a village in the

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province of

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. Sint Philpsland is also the name of the (former) island on which the village lies. It is a part of the municipality of

Tholen Tholen () is a 25,000 people municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen takes its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality. The municipality consists of two peninsu ...

, and lies about 16 km northwest of

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History

The village was first mentioned between 1490 and 1495 as "Ecclesia sti Philippi Apostoli, St. Philipskerc", and is named after

Philip the Apostle Philip the Apostle ( el, Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; cop, ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, ''Philippos'') was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostl ...

. The area was ''

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d'' in 1487 by order of Anna van Bourgondië, the illegitimate daughter of

Philip the Good Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...

. The first village was flooded in 1509 and 1530, and subsequently abandoned. In 1642, the land was reclaimed again and a regular patterned village with front and back street was constructed. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1668 in a neoclassic style with

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. In 1953, an association building was attached to the western side of the church. Sint Philipsland was home to 654 people in 1840. In 1884, Sint Philipsland was connected to

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

via the Slaakdam and no longer an island. Sint Philipsland was severely affected by 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 ...

and ten people were killed. Sint Philipsland was a separate municipality until 1995, when it was merged with

Notable people

Leen Quist Leen Quist ( Sint Philipsland, September 4, 1942 – Veere, April 11, 2014) was a Dutch ceramist, who was known for his own style, a perfect finish and geometric (blue) lines. According to Thimo te Duits, author of ''Modern Ceramics in the Netherl ...

(1942–2014), ceramist

Gallery

File:Voorgevel - Sint Philipsland - 20181960 - RCE.jpg, House in Sint Philipsland File:Sint Philipsland, de watertoren foto6 2015-05-24 14.39.jpg, Water tower of Sint Philipsland

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1995 Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Tholen