Lamswaarde

Lamswaarde

Lamswaarde

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands

Lamswaarde is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst and lies about 23 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

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The village was first mentioned around 1260 as Lamswerd, and means "land on water belonging to Lam(bert)".[3] Lamswaarde is a road village which developed in the 13th century near the outpost of the Cistercian monastery Baudeloo.[4] The outpost was destroyed in the late 16th century during the Eighty Years' War.[5] The village was flooded in 1578. 1615, a new dike was constructed around the Oostvogel and the land was poldered.[4]

The Catholic St Cornelius was built between 1871 and 1873 to replace the barn church of 1686. It is a three-aisled basilica-like church. The Theresiagesticht was an orphanage constructed between 1925 and 1926. A matching girl's school has built next to the orphanage.[4]

Lamswaarde was home to 405 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.[5]

  • St Cornelius Church
  • Farm in Lamswaarde
  • Farm in Lamswaarde
  • House in Lamswaarde

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 4586AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Lamswaarde - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Lamswaarde (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Lamswaarde". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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