Zwartewaterland () is a
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 ...
in the province
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
in the eastern
Netherlands
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Geography
This mainly rural municipality lies south of
Steenwijkerland on the ''Zwarte Water'' (Black Water). This is a short tributary of the river
IJssel
The IJssel (; nds-nl, Iessel(t) ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour ...
from
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
to the ''Zwarte Meer'' (Black Lake). Before 1931 this lake was a part of the
Zuiderzee
The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...
. The
Vecht also flows into the Zwarte Water.
Hasselt lies about north of
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
.
Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km further north, almost opposite one another, near the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is important to the local economy.
Population centres
The most important places are printed in bold type.
* Cellemuiden
* De Velde
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Genemuiden
Genemuiden is a city located in the north western part of the Province of Overijssel. It received city rights in 1275, which is also the first time Genemuiden gets mentioned in history.Frits David Zeiler (2007) ''Genemuiden, een zorgenkind van de b ...
(population on 1 January 2007: 9,985)
*
Hasselt
Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is known for its former branding as "the city of taste", as well as its ...
, Overijssel, Netherlands (pop. 6,963)
* Kamperzeedijk-Oost
* Kamperzeedijk-West
* Kievitsnest
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Mastenbroek
Mastenbroek is a polder in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It lies north of the city of Zwolle. "Mastenbroek" is also the name of an hamlet, built around a church in the middle of the polder.
The polder is part of three municipalities: the w ...
* Zwartewatersklooster
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Zwartsluis
Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the .
History
Zwartsluis's history started in the Eighty Years' War (1568–164 ...
(pop. 4,810).
Hasselt
Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is known for its former branding as "the city of taste", as well as its ...
and
Zwartsluis
Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the .
History
Zwartsluis's history started in the Eighty Years' War (1568–164 ...
have small ports with some industry.
Genemuiden
Genemuiden is a city located in the north western part of the Province of Overijssel. It received city rights in 1275, which is also the first time Genemuiden gets mentioned in history.Frits David Zeiler (2007) ''Genemuiden, een zorgenkind van de b ...
is the biggest of the three towns, and is home to the majority of Zwartewaterland's population and industry.
Sights
* A small part of the
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
area and
National Park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
"De Wieden" (see
Steenwijkerland) lies here, immediately north of Zwartsluis
* Genemuiden has a big yacht basin, Zwartsluis a smaller one.
* The centre of Hasselt is picturesque, with a
town hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
built between 1550 and 1615 and several old houses (1650-1800).
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Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
's Church in the centre of Hasselt is interesting. This church, Late
Gothic
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People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
, built in 1466, has
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
es on the ceilings and a remarkable
church organ
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...
. Every year on the feast of
Corpus Christi a Roman Catholic
pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
to Hasselt is held, with a
procession
A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner.
History
Processions have in all peoples and at all times been a natural form of public celebration, as forming an orderly and impressive ceremony. Religious ...
. For that purpose a special church was built in 1933.
Notable people
*
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586 in Hasselt – ca.1643) diamond and pearl merchant, co-founder of the
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company ( nl, Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, ''WIC'' or ''GWC''; ; en, Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors. Among its founders was Willem Usselincx ( ...
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Jan de Koning (1926 in Zwartsluis – 1994) politician
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Jaap Drupsteen
Jaap Drupsteen (born 1942 in Hasselt (Overijssel)) is a Dutch graphic designer.
Drupsteen worked as a graphic designer for NOS and VPRO; he specialized in making leaders, music videos, and other video and television productions.
His best know ...
(born 1942 in Hasselt) graphic designer
[ IMDb Database]
retrieved 2 May 2019
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Eelco Gelling
Eelco Gelling (born 12 June 1946) is a Dutch blues guitarist. Gelling played with Cuby + Blizzards (which he co-founded together with Harry Muskee) until 1976.
Cuby + Blizzards (1966–1974)
Cuby + Blizzards (C+B) was founded by Eelco Gelling a ...
(born 1946 in Zwartsluis) blues guitarist
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Afke Schaart (born 1973 in Zwartsluis) former politician
Sport
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Gerard Nijboer
Gerhardus Marinus Maria Nijboer (born 18 August 1955) is a former Dutch long-distance runner. Nijboer competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 (Moscow, Soviet Union), when he won the silver medal in the marathon. He bec ...
(born 1955 in Hasselt) former long-distance runner, competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics
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Willeke Knol
Willeke Arkema-Knol (née Knol; born 10 April 1991) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tusc ...
(born 1991 in Hasselt) racing cyclist
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Pascal Eenkhoorn (born 1997 in Genemuiden) cyclist
Gallery
File:8061 Hasselt, Netherlands - panoramio (3).jpg, Hasselt
File:Overzicht van Hasselt (Overijssel) vanaf de Sint Stephanuskerk (26).JPG, Overzicht van Hasselt vanaf de Sint Stephanuskerk
File:20131022 Binnenhaven Genemuiden.jpg, Binnenhaven, Genemuiden
References
External links
*
Official website
{{Authority control
Kop van Overijssel
Municipalities of Overijssel
Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2001