Blankenham is a village in the

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, in the municipality of

Steenwijkerland Steenwijkerland (; nds-nl, Stienwiekerlaand or ''Steenwiekerlaand'') is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, in the eastern Netherlands. It was called Steenwijk before 2003. The municipality forms the entire northwesterly corner of the ...

. Until 1973, it was a separate municipality.

History

Blankenham is village on the

dike Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to: General uses * Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" * Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment * Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice * Dikes, ...

along the former

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...

. It was named after

Frederick of Blankenheim Frederick of Blankenheim (c. 1355 – Castle Ter Horst (Loenen), 9 October 1423) was bishop of Strasbourg from 1375 to 1393 as Friedrich II, and bishop of Utrecht from 1393 to 1423 as Frederik III. Strasbourg and Utrecht Frederik van Blankenh ...

, the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht who gave the villagers permission to built a church and establish an independent parish. The village was severely effected by floods in 1776 and 1825. In 1840, it was home to 282 people. The

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

was finished in 1893, and is near a little pond which is a remnant of the 1825 flood. It replaced an 1816 church which was lost due to a lightning strike. The canon dates from 1817, and was last fired in 1964. There used to be two, but one was donated to the museum in Schokland. On 31 December 1963, the canon was stolen and moved to

Luttelgeest Luttelgeest is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and was created in 1950 as one of ten planned villages around the new city of Emmeloord. Name Luttelgeest is named after a no long ...

. After 18 days, the canon was returned with a stone lion to guard it. The lion was stolen from

Emmeloord Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, Urk ...

Gallery

File:Blankenham-NH-Kerk-2011.JPG, Church of Blankenham File:Blokzijlerdijk Blankenham.JPG, Blokzijler Dike File:Blankenham, kunst op palen 1.jpg, Art on poles File:Leeuwen Bart van Hove Poldertoren DeDeel Emmeloord.jpg, The lions in Emmeloord

References

Former municipalities of Overijssel Populated places in Overijssel Steenwijkerland {{Overijssel-geo-stub