Zeeland is a village in the
Dutch province of
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 t ...
. It is located in the former municipality of
Landerd, about 5 km northeast of
Uden
Uden () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst.
History
Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settlements h ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1376 as Zeelant, and refers to
Terra Salica Terra Salica was a type of land property invented by the Salian Franks. The Merovingians had two types of land property: '' de alode'' and terra Salica; the former could be inherited by both sexes, while the latter was restricted to men. The Franki ...
, an inheritance system which excluded women.
Zeeland developed in the Middle Ages on the edge of the
Peel region. The Catholic St Jacobus de Meerdere Church was built between 1871 and 1872 as a replacement for its medieval predecessor.
Zeeland was home to 467 people in 1840.
Zeeland was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Landerd.
Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of
Maashorst
Maashorst is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands, formed from the merger of Landerd and Uden. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. The name Maashorst refers to the nature reserve of the same name, ...
.
Gallery
Image:Zeeland, kerk foto2 2010-04-10 12.23.JPG, Zeeland, church
Image:Zeeland, molen1 foto2 2010-04-10 13.07.JPG, Zeeland, windmill
File:Zeeland Rijksmonument 519137 pastorie Kerkstraat 51.JPG, Clergy house
File:Zeeland, ancienne ferme au lieu-dit 'Graspeel'.JPG, Farm in Zeeland
References
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Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994
Geography of Maashorst
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