s-Heer Abtskerke is a village in the

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province of

Zeeland Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Borsele Borsele (; ) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s. The municipality is mainly known fo ...

, and lies about 19 km east of

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History

The village was first mentioned between 1197 and 1212 as Verscvliet. The current name means "church of lord abbot", and refers to the abbot of the Westmonster monastery in

. The abbot was given land near the village in 1203 by

Dirk VII, Count of Holland Dirk VII (died 4 November 1203, in DordrechtA. W. E. Dek ''Genealogie der graven van Holland'', Zaltbommel : Europese Bibliotheek, 1969., but without further sources; seDirk VII, graaf van Holland(Dutch)) was the count of Holland from 1190 to 12 ...

. 's-Heer Abtskerke is a church village which developed in the Middle Ages. The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 14th century. The tower was added in the middle of the 14th century. The tower was restored in 1955, and the church was restored between 1964 and 1968. There is well for cattle on the cemetery. In 1816, the village of Sinoutskerke en Baarsdorp, covering the hamlets of and , was merged with 's-Heer Abtskerke. 's-Heer Abtskerke was home to 295 people in 1840. In 1927, a joint railway station with

's-Gravenpolder s-Gravenpolder is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 kilometres east of Middelburg. History The village was first mentioned in 1318 as "dat Nuweland van Vortrap", and means ...

opened on the

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Hoedekenskerke Hoedekenskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 22 km east of Middelburg. History The village was first mentioned around 1280 as Hoedekinskerke, and means "(private) ...

. It closed in 1947. 's-Heer Abtskerke remained a separate municipality until 1970 when it was merged into

. The school of the village closed in 2014.

Gallery

File:Abtskerke Kerkring 18.jpg, House in 's-Heer Abtskerke File:Abtskerke Kerkring 3.jpg, Clergy house File:Abtskerke Kloetingseweg 19.jpg, House in 's-Heer Abtskerke File:Gevel - 's-Heer Abtskerke - 20105367 - RCE.jpg, Former school (1964)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heer Abtskerke Former municipalities of Zeeland Populated places in Zeeland Borsele