Mastenbroek is a polder in the
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People E ...
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 western part, including the hamlet
Bisschopswetering and half of the village of Mastenbroek, lies in
Kampen; the southeastern part lies in Zwolle; and the northeastern part, including the hamlet of
Nieuwe Wetering and the other half of the village of Mastenbroek, lies in
Zwartewaterland
Zwartewaterland () is a municipality in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.
Geography
This mainly rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the ''Zwarte Water'' (Black Water). This is a short tributary of the river IJ ...
. It used to split into six municipalities.
It was first mentioned in 1277 as Mastenbroic. The etymology is unclear. In 1169, it was attested as Vorsterbruc, but that name was reference to the entire wilderness between the
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. ...
and
Zwarte Water
{{Infobox river
, name = Zwarte Water
, image = Hasselt.jpg
, image_size =
, image_caption = Zwarte Water through Hasselt
, source1_location = Zwolle
, mouth_location = IJsselmeer
, mo ...
.
In 1369, a church was built in the hamlet. The current church dates from around 1647.
In 1864, the inhabitants petitioned the government to construct a railway station in their hamlet which was initially denied. The stop was built from the village, and closed in 1933.
Gallery
Image:Zwolle Mastenbroek Oude Kaart.PNG, Map of the Mastenbroek polder in about 1750. The village of Mastenbroek can be seen in the middle of the polder ("Mastenbroecker kerck", ''Mastenbroek church'').
File:20131022 Polder Mastenbroek.jpg, Sheep in the polder
References
Populated places in Overijssel
Kampen, Overijssel
Zwartewaterland
Zwolle
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