Halsteren

Halsteren

Halsteren

Town in North Brabant, Netherlands

Halsteren is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergen op Zoom, about 1 km north of that city. Halsteren has an old church from the 14th century and a new church, built in 1919. A little village called Polder was located between Halsteren and Tholen in the Middle Ages.

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Halstert, and means "bend in the highland with a tail". It developed on a westward pointing sandy ridge.[3]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 14th century. It was extended in 1457. After a fire in 1607, it was extensively restored. In 1799, it was returned to the Catholic church and restored several times. In 1961, it became a Dutch Reformed church again. The Catholic St. Quirinus Church was built between 1911 and 1912 and has a double tower. The former town hall dates from 1633. It was restored and extended in 1917. It was restored in 1944 after a fire.[4]

Halsteren was home to 538 people in 1840.[5] Halsteren was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Bergen op Zoom.[6]

The village of Polder or Polre was located near Halsteren. It disappeared in a flood in 1570 and most of the village is still buried underneath a metre of mud.[5]

  • Windmill: the Sint Antoniusmolen
  • Farm in Halsteren
  • Quirinus Church
  • View on Halsteren

References

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    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 4661AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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    "Halsteren - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Halsteren (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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    "Halsteren". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. [6]
    Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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