t Zandt (; ) is a village in the

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province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Eemsdelta Eemsdelta () is a municipality in the province of Groningen, Netherlands formed from the merger of Appingedam, Delfzijl and Loppersum. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2021. Geography As of 2020, the areas encompassed by th ...

. 't Zandt was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with

Loppersum Loppersum (; ) is a village and former municipality in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Geography Loppersum is located in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the north of the ...

. The municipality covered the villages 't Zandt,

Zeerijp Zeerijp (; or ) is a village north of city of Groningen. Its most striking building is its brick church for the 14th century with detached bell tower. Formerly dedicated to John the Baptist, now it is a Dutch Reformed church. Also there is a fam ...

, Leermens, Eenum and Oosterwijwerd, and the hamlets

Zijldijk Zijldijk (; ) is a village in the municipality of Eemsdelta, Groningen, the Netherlands. It is located along the N46 road between the city of Groningen and the Eemshaven seaport. History The village was first mentioned in 1424 as "Ubba Ffoc ...

, Kolhol,

Korendijk Korendijk () was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which was water. With the municipal reorganization of the Hoeksche Waard on 1 January 1984, the municipality of ...

and 't Zandstervoorwerk.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1257 as "in Sonde", and means sand. That year, the monks of started to a dike in order to ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...

'' the former

Fivel The Fivel was a historical river in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the Netherlands. It received its water from peat bogs around Kolham and Slochteren, flowed past , and , and meandered north of Winneweer. The Fivel debouched i ...

estuary. The ''polder'' was completed in 1266, and a

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was constructed in 1272. At the intersection of the new dike and the perpendicular older dike, a settlement appeared. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the late-13th century, and was enlarged in the 15th century. The tower is detached from the church, and dates from the early 13th century. 't Zandt was home to 779 people in 1840. In 1990, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into

Gallery

File:'t Zandt - oude gemeentehuis.jpg, Former town hall File:'t Zandt - oude brandweerkazerne (1).jpg, Fire department File:Zandt - gereformeerde kerk.jpg, Reformed church File:Zandstermaar bij Alberdaheerd - panoramio.jpg, Zandstermaar

References

External links

* Populated places in Groningen (province) Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Eemsdelta {{Groningen-geo-stub