Zonnemaire is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

in the Dutch province of

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. It lies about southwest 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 ...

. In 2021, Zonnemaire had a population of 755.

History

Zonnemaire was named after ''Sonnemare'', the water between the former islands of

Bommenede Bommenede or Bommenee is a former island, village, and municipality in the Netherlands, located about 5 km east of the city of Brouwershaven. Village of Bommenede Bommenede was founded in the early 12th century by monks of the Cistercian mona ...

and

Schouwen Schouwen is the name of a former island of the Dutch province of Zeeland.Schouwen-Duiveland ...

. Zonnemarie is a road village which was first mentioned in 985 when it became owned by the

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. The current village developed after the Zonnemairepolder which was reclaimed in 1401. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with a partially build-in tower. It was constructed in 1867 as a replacement of its 15th century predecessor. The

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De Korenbloem was built in 1872 and was in service until 1961. It was extensively restored between 1991 and 1992; it operates on a voluntary basis. Zonnemaire was home to 442 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with

Brouwershaven Brouwershaven is a small city on the Grevelingen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, lies about 45 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis and 10 km north of Zierikzee. Brouwershaven received ...

. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Notable people

Zonnemaire is the birthplace of

Pieter Zeeman Pieter Zeeman (; 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect. Childhood and youth Pieter Zeeman was born in Zonnemaire, a small town ...

, who shared the 1902

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in Physics with

Hendrik Lorentz Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (; 18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the Lorentz t ...

for his discovery of the

Zeeman effect The Zeeman effect (; ) is the effect of splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field. It is named after the Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman, who discovered it in 1896 and received a Nobel prize ...

Gallery

File:Geboortehuis van Pieter Zeeman.jpg, Birth house of Pieter Zeeman File:Korenbloem Zonnemaire.jpg, Wind mill De Korenbloem File:Dorpsgezicht, reproductie van prentbriefkaart - Zonnemaire - 20225036 - RCE.jpg, Postcard (1900) File:Breedveld 2, voor- en rechter zijgevel - Zonnemaire - 20225049 - RCE.jpg, Houses in Zonnemarie

References

External links

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