Lewedorp is a village in the
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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People E ...
province of
Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Borsele
Borsele (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Bossele) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.
The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s.
The mu ...
, and lies about 9 km east of
Middelburg.
The village was first mentioned in 1913 as Noordkraaijert. It was renamed on 13 August 1929 and refers to Unico Evert Lewe van Neijenstein, the mayor of
's-Heer Arendskerke
s-Heer Arendskerke is a village in the municipality of Goes in the south-western Netherlands.
Overview
The settlement consists of two circles of houses around a Protestant church, on a single main road with an obsolete village hall. On the other ...
between 1892 until 1933.
The village used to be located near the ferry to
Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt.
Topography
It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevel ...
and
Walcheren
Walcheren () is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus. The tw ...
which operated from 1755 until 1872.
The Catholic St Eligius Church was built in 1929 and designed by .
Lewedorp used to be part of
's-Heer Arendskerke
s-Heer Arendskerke is a village in the municipality of Goes in the south-western Netherlands.
Overview
The settlement consists of two circles of houses around a Protestant church, on a single main road with an obsolete village hall. On the other ...
until 1970 when it was merged into
Borsele
Borsele (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Bossele) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.
The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s.
The mu ...
.
Gallery
File:Lewedorp, de Rooms Katholieke kerk in straatzicht foto4 2015-09-29 17.19.jpg, View on the church
File:Lewedorp Postweg View SouthWest II.jpg, Hay in the fields
References
Populated places in Zeeland
Borsele
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