Cadzand is a village in the
Dutch province of
Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of
Sluis
Sluis (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Sluus ; french: Écluse) is a town and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.
The current incarnation of the municipality has existed since 1 January ...
, about 8 km northwest of
Oostburg. The village contains 790 inhabitants (2010). Better known to many visitors is the nearby beach at Cadzand-Bad.
Cadzand was the scene of two battles during the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
*1337-
Battle of Cadzand
*1387-
Battle of Margate
Under the
Secret Treaty of Dover, concluded in 1670 between
Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
and
Louis XIV of France, England was supposed to get possession of Cadzand as well as
Walcheren, as the reward for helping France in the then impending war against the Dutch Republic. In the event, the Dutch resistance - much stronger than anticipated - managed to repulse the French-English attack, and the treaty was not implemented.
In 1685 Cadzand was an important station on the escape route of
Jean Harlan, a
Huguenot from
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...
, who escaped after Louis XIV's
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, reached Cadzand in a small boat and eventually founded a successful merchant family in
Germany. Cadzand was also an important destination that year and shortly thereafter for other Huguenot refugees from the Calais area when their temple at Guinness was demolished by royal decree in the summer of that year. Three in particular were the Morel brothers, Isaac, Jacob and Pierre (changed to Pieter after moving to Cadzand), and the two brothers Jacob and Isaac Van Houte. All five "had been large landowners at Guemps, Offequerque, Hames, and Andres, close to Calais." Similar to a sister church in Canterbury, Kent, England, they helped re-build in Cadzand the mother church they lost in Guinness, Calais.
During the year 1847 a large exodus of people from Cadzand, occurred, mainly to the United States. One ship, the "bark Maria", carried within it that year a significant number of Cadzanders, like Isaac LeMahieu and Suzanne Morel.
Until 1 April 1970, Cadzand was a separate municipality. It then was annexed by the municipality of
Oostburg.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ] It was in January 2003, with the merger of
Sluis-Aardenburg and Oostburg, that Cadzand found itself within the newly enlarged municipality of
Sluis
Sluis (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Sluus ; french: Écluse) is a town and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.
The current incarnation of the municipality has existed since 1 January ...
.
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File:Cadzand, beltmolen Nooit Gedacht RM31510 foto2 2015-09-25 13.42.jpg, Windmill: beltmolen Nooit Gedacht
File:Cadzand Mariastraat12.jpg, House in Cadzand
File:Cadzand Mariakerk R01.jpg, Maria Church
File:Cadzand Bad R01.jpg, Cadzand-Bad
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Seaside resorts in the Netherlands
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Populated coastal places in the Netherlands
Sluis
Zeelandic Flanders