Hoek () is a village in the municipality of

Terneuzen Terneuzen () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland. History First mentione ...

in the

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province of

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. It lies about 22 km south-east of

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and about 30 km north of

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History

Hoek is a dike village which developed at a location where three dikes met. To defend the former inlet Braakman, Fort Nassau was built near Hoek in 1588 opposite the fortress of

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. After

Hulst Hulst () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and city in southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeelandic Flanders. History Hulst received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in the 12th century. Hulst Siege of Hulst ...

was conquered by the

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in 1645, the fort started to deteriorate. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church from 1608. In 1900, a tower was added in

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style with a needle spire. In 2015, it was severely damaged by fire, and restored in 2016. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

Windlust was built in 1857. It was in service until 1958. It was restored between 1979 and 1980 and returned to active service. Hoek was home to 420 people in 1840. Hoek was a separate municipality until 1970 when it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

Hoek - Gereformeerde Kerken Vrijgemaakt 1.jpg , Church of the

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in Hoek. File:Hoek - Gemeentelijk monument - Langestraat 17.jpg, Villa in Hoek File:Overzicht voorgevel en linker zijgevel - Hoek - 20352932 - RCE.jpg, Hotel in Hoek

References

Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Terneuzen {{Zeeland-geo-stub