| Lamswaarde | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Hulst - Lamswaarde.svg |
| Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Lamswaarde in the municipality of Hulst.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zeeland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hulst |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.5 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.47 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 565 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 4586 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0114 |
| Coordinates: | 51.3425°N 4.0558°W |
Lamswaarde is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst and lies about 23 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.
The village was first mentioned around 1260 as Lamswerd, and means "land on water belonging to Lam(bert)".[3] Lamswaarde is a road village which developed in the 13th century near the outpost of the Cistercian monastery Baudeloo. The outpost was destroyed in the late 16th century during the Eighty Years' War. The village was flooded in 1578. 1615, a new dike was constructed around the Oostvogel and the land was poldered.[4]
The Catholic St Cornelius was built between 1871 and 1873 to replace the barn church of 1686. It is a three-aisled basilica-like church. The Theresiagesticht was an orphanage constructed between 1925 and 1926. A matching girls' school was built next to the orphanage.[4]
Lamswaarde was home to 405 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.[5]