s-Heer Hendrikskinderen is a village in the municipality of

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, about 2 km to the west of the city of Goes in the Dutch 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 ...

History

In 1198, when

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 ...

made a donation to Middelburg Abbey, the lords of Schengen, brothers Arnold and Henry, were attested as ''Arnoldus et Henricus de Scinge''. They both seem to have founded a church named after themselves: ''Ecclesia Arnoldi'' and ''Ecclesiam Henrici'', now the villages of 's-Heer Arendskerke and 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen. This village was first mentioned in 1267 as Ecclesiam Henrici, meaning "(private) church of Lord Henric", and is probably a reference to Henricus de Scinge. 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen is a circular village around a church which developed in the Late Middle Ages. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 15th century. The tower is probably incomplete. The current church was built in 1805. Castle Heer Hendriksburg used to be located near the village; in the 18th century, it was rebuilt as an

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, and was demolished in 1803. 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen was home to 137 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1857, when it was merged into 's-Heer Arendskerke. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Atlas Schoemaker-ZEELAND-1094R-Zeeland, 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen.jpeg, Castle near 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen (1710-1735) File:Mural Poeljeugd 1.jpg, Cat mural in 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen File:Goes 1575 Net v Deventer'.jpg, On this 16-century chart of Goes, "Zeer Henriks kinderen" appears in the bottom left corner

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heer Hendrikskinderen Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Goes