Achthuizen

Achthuizen

Achthuizen

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

Achthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 17 km south of Spijkenisse.

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The village was first mentioned around 1750 as "De Agthuisen", and means "eight houses".[3] Achthuizen has two diagonally placed centres and looks like a number 8 from the air. Most of the settlement dates from after 1930. Achthuizen was a Roman Catholic enclave on the Protestant island of Goeree. The Catholic Assumption of Mary Church is a neoclassic church from 1846.[4]

The village has a working windmill, Windlust, which is operated on a volunteer basis.[5]

  • Assumption of Mary Church (1968)
  • Crashed helicopter during the North Sea flood of 1953

References

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    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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    "Postcodetool for 3256AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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    "Achthuizen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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    "Achthuizen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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    "Windlust (Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland)". Nederlandse Molendatabase. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
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