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Het Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal (translation: The Drowned Land of ''Reimerswaal'') is an area of flood-covered land in 
The Dutch
Het Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal (translation: The Drowned Land of ''Reimerswaal'') is an area of flood-covered land in 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 ...
in the Netherlands between Noord Beveland and Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...
. Some of it was lost in the St. Felix's Flood
The St. Felix's flood (in Dutch language, Dutch Sint-Felixvloed) happened on Saturday, 5 November 1530, the name day of Felix of Valois, St. Felix. This day was later known as Evil Saturday ''(kwade zaterdag)''. Large parts of Flanders and Zeeland ...
in 1530, and some of it in 1532. 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 ...
formerly flowed along its east and north edges. It is sometimes divided into the "Verdronken Land van 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-Bevelan ...
" and the "Verdronken Land van de Markiezaat van Bergen op Zoom". ''Verdronken'' is Dutch for "drowned", and Markizaat van Bergen op Zoom is the marquis
A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wido ...
ate of Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...
).
The Dutch land reclamation
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lake ...
engineer and writer Vierlingh blamed the loss of that land on a landowner called the Lord of Lodijke neglecting a tidal creek
A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks a ...
which was scouring at every tide. After the land was lost, the city of Reimerswaal survived on a small island for a while.
See also
* Drowned villages in the Drowned Land of Reimerswaal *List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands
This list of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands is an adapted translation ofrom Dutch language, Dutch, plus some additions from other sources.
"Oud-" is Dutch for "Old". If you cannot find a name, look for it under "Oud-".
Drowned vill ...
External links
References
Floods in the Netherlands History of Zeeland Landforms of Zeeland Reimerswaal (municipality) Zuid-Beveland {{Zeeland-geo-stub