Zwartewaal is a village in the Dutch province of

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

, The

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. It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and lies about 5 km south of

Maassluis Maassluis () is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covered of which was water. It received town rights in 1811. History Maassluis was founded circa 1340 as a se ...

History

The village was first mentioned in the middle of the 13th century as "ten Zwarten Wale", and means "black (water) pond created after a dike breech". Zwartewaal is dike village which developed after 1180 when the Zwartewaal polder was created. A fishing harbour was constructed outside the dike. On 5 July 1351. the Battle of Zwartewaal was fought where

William I, Duke of Bavaria William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1330 – 15 April 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Margaret II of Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count ...

defeated his mother and became count of Holland. Mother and son made peace in 1354. The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church from the 15th century. The tower was built in 1597. The church is built on a ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...

'' (artificial hill) and is located outside of the village centre, because the village relocated due to flooding. Zwartewaal was home to 1,006 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1980, when it became part of

Brielle Brielle (), also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a town and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten, at the mouth of the New Maas. The for ...

.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.

Gallery

File:Zwartewaal NH kerk 22-07-2010.jpg, Dutch Reformed church Zwartewaal 1867.png, Zwartewaal and surroundings from ''Gemeente Atlas van Nederland'' by J. Kuyper, 1867

References

Voorne aan Zee Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland {{SouthHolland-geo-stub