Wissenkerke is a village in the
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province of
Zeeland
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Noord-Beveland
Noord-Beveland (; "North Beveland") is a municipality and region in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula.
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, and lies about 20 km northeast of
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History
The village was first mentioned in 1230 as Wiscenkerke, and means "(private) church of Wisce". The original village was lost in the Saint Felix Flood of 1530.
Only the church tower remained standing for several decades as a marker of the drowned village.
A new settlement appeared after the polder was enclosed by a dike in 1652. In 1697, the Thoornpolder was diked resulting the loss of the harbour.
The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church which was built in 1969 to replace the church was from 1827.
In 1860, the wind mill De Onderneming was built and the wind mill Landzicht followed in 1869.
In 1816, the village of
Kampensnieuwland was merged into Wissenkerke.
Wissenkerke was home to 1,871 people in 1840.
Wissenkerke then remained a separate municipality until 1995 when it was merged into
Noord-Beveland
Noord-Beveland (; "North Beveland") is a municipality and region in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula.
Noord-Beveland is enclosed by the Oosterschelde estuary to the ...
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Gallery
File:Achtergevel - Wissekerke - 20215589 - RCE.jpg, House in Wissenkerke
File:Wissenkerke, korenmolen de Onderneming RM39098 foto3 2014-03-16 13.21.jpg, Windmill: korenmolen de Onderneming
File:Wissekerke, voormalige korenmolen het Landzigt RM39099 foto2 2014-03-16 13.42.jpg, Former windmill: korenmolen het Landzigt
File:Wissekerke1.jpg, Building in Wissenkerke
See also
* 's-Gravenhoek
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1995
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Noord-Beveland
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