Ellemeet 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

Schouwen-Duiveland Schouwen-Duiveland () is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands province of Zeeland. The municipality has 33,737 inhabitants (1 January 2016) and covers an area of (of which is water). The northside of the island has two fi ...

, and lies about 26 km west of

Hellevoetsluis Hellevoetsluis () is a town and former municipality in the west of Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of of which was water and it included the population centres of Nieuw-Helvoe ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1236 as "Henricus de Ellimed", and means "hayland of Ello (person)". Ellemeet is a dike village without a church which developed in the 16th century along the Kuijersdam after the previous village was flooded. The new village was originally called Oudendijke, however in 1961, the name of the original village was adopted. The

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’t Hert was built in 1748 and remained in operation until 1996. The original village did have a church, however it was destroyed in 1575 during the

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. Ellemeet was home to 467 people in 1840. The village was severely damaged during the

North Sea flood of 1953 The 1953 North Sea flood () was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, resulting in extensive flooding. The ...

, and was rebuilt further north. Ellemeet was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged into Middenschouwen. Between 1965 and 1971, the

Brouwersdam The Brouwersdam is the seventh structure of the Delta Works in the Netherlands, forming a Closure of tidal inlets, barrier across the former estuary known as the Brouwershavense Gat. As a result, the area of water became known as the Grevelingenme ...

was built as part of the

Delta Works The Delta Works () is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from the sea. Constructed between 1954 and 1997, the works consist of dams, slu ...

to protect Zeeland. The dam resulted in the creation of the

Grevelingenmeer The Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen) is a closed off part of the Rhine-Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. It is situated between the islands of Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland) an ...

. Recreational facilities and holiday homes were created along the lake. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:"IMG 1610" Molen T Hert Oestermolen 1748.jpg, Wind mill 't Hert File:Overzicht - Ellemeet - 20069453 - RCE.jpg, Village street (1965)

References

{{Authority control Schouwen-Duiveland History of Schouwen-Duiveland Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland