Kleverskerke is a small

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Dutch 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

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of Middelburg, about 4 kilometres north-east of the city centre.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1251 as Clawarskerke, and means "(private) church of Clawaert (person)". Kleverskerke used to be a free ''

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 ...

'' (=no

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) and a castle was located near the village. Kleverskerke became an independent parish in 1251. The church dates from 1862. Kleverskerke was home to 194 people in 1840. Kleverskerke was a separate municipality until 1857, when it was merged with

Arnemuiden Arnemuiden is a city#Netherlands, city of around 5000 people in the municipality of Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. It is located on the former island of Walcheren, about 3 km east of the city of ...

. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of Middelburg.

Gallery

File:Kleversboederie.jpg, Farm in Kleverskerke File:Kleversdurpsstraete.jpg, Village street

References

Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Middelburg, Zeeland {{Zeeland-geo-stub