Nieuwerkerk

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands

Coat of arms

51°38′55″N 4°0′4″E / 51.64861°N 4.00111°E / 51.64861; 4.00111CountryNetherlandsProvinceZeelandMunicipalitySchouwen-DuivelandArea

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• Total17.81 km² (6.88 sq mi)Elevation

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0.0 m (0.0 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,720 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

4306^[1]

Dialing code0111

Nieuwerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km south of Hellevoetsluis.

Nieuwerkerk was a separate municipality until 1961, when the new municipality of Duiveland was created.^[3]

History

Nieuwerkerk was created in the 12th century. It was a split-off from Ouwerkerk. The fifteenth-century Protestant church, originally dedicated to John (evangelist), has an 6 sided tower. It was rebuilt in 1975 on the foundations of the original tower, which was blown up in 1945 by the Germans.^[4]

During the North Sea flood of 1953, approximately 265 of the 1,800 residents drowned or went missing.^[5]^[6]

Churches

There are 4 church congregations in Nieuwerkerk:

Reformed Church, the church is in the Molenstraat.
Reformed Church in the Netherlands, this church is in the Stationstraat.
Hersteld Hervormde Kerk, this church is in the Ooststraat.
Protestantse Kerk, this church is in the Kerkring.

In the Molenstraat is a small church for the Katholieke Apostolische Gemeente. However, this church is almost never used.^[7]

Gallery

Building in Nieuwerkerk
Nieuwerkerk after the 1953 flood (7 April 1953)
Dutch Reformed church
House in Nieuwerkerk

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 4306AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "Nieuwerkerk". Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Een plaats voor herinneringen aan slachtoffers van de watersnood 1953". www.deramp.nl. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Nieuwerkerk". VVV Zeeland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Nieuwerkerk, Molenstraat 10 - Katholiek Apostolische Kerk - Reliwiki". reliwiki.nl. Retrieved 2020-10-12.