Zuid-Polsbroek was a '' semi-sovereign'' or ''free and high

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form ...

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Free and high fief of Zuid-Polsbroek The Free or High Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek ( Dutch: "vrije of hoge heerlijkheid") was a '' semi-sovereign'' or 'free or high' fief ( allodium), now part of Polsbroek in the Dutch province of Utrecht. History Zuid-Polsbroek, or Polsbroek, was ...

), now part of

Polsbroek Polsbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 10 km southeast of Gouda. Overview The village of Polsbroek consists of a ribbon of farms on both sides of the Benschopse We ...

in the

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province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

. Zuid-Polsbroek was the part of Polsbroek south of the small river Benschopse Wetering.

History

When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands in 1807, the rights of the ''heerlijkheid'' were largely abolished, although the ''heerlijkheid'' itself existed until the early 20th century. Zuid-Polsbroek became a separate municipality in the province of

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

. In 1812, it merged with several neighbouring villages to form one municipality "Polsbroek". Zuid-Polsbroek remained a part of Holland, even though several of the other villages in the municipality were part of

Utrecht (province) Utrecht (), officially the Province of Utrecht ( nl, Provincie Utrecht, link=no), is a province of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the country, bordering the Eemmeer in the north-east, the province of Gelderland in the east a ...

. It became a separate municipality again in 1817, and was transferred to Utrecht in 1820. It merged with Noord-Polsbroek in 1857 to form a single municipality

again. Around 1850, the municipality had a population of about 290, 140 of which lived in the village itself. Paulus Theodorus van Brussel, painter of fruit and vegetables, was born in Zuid-Polsbroek in 1754.

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