Kattendijke 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 located in the municipality of

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on the

Oosterschelde The Eastern Scheldt () is a former estuary in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Tholen on the north and Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland on the south. It also features the largest Oosterschelde National Pa ...

about 5 km northeast of the city of Goes.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1214 as Cattindic. The etymology is unclear. The flood of 1134 resulted in large inundated areas around Kattendijke. The

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monks from abbey Ter Doel started to build dikes and ''

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 land. Kattendijke developed into a ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch language, Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and Judiciary, judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking ...

''. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1404 on a ''

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'' (artificial hill). Only the nave of the medieval church remains due to war and decay. It was renovated in 1954 and restored to its original shape. Kattendijke was home to 255 people in 1840. In 1927, a railway station was built on the

Wemeldinge Wemeldinge is the oldest village in the Zuid-Beveland area of the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle, about 4 km northwest of Yerseke. It is located within the Eastern Scheldt national park. History T ...

railway line. The station closed in 1934. Until 1970, Kattendijke was a separate municipality when it was merged into Goes.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. The municipality also covered the village of Wilhelminadorp which contained the town hall.

Gallery

File:Hervormde Kerk Kattendijke1a.jpg, Dutch Reformed church File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Kattendijke - 20290383 - RCE.jpg, Bandstand

References

Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Goes {{Zeeland-geo-stub