Lamswaarde Explained

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]

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 4586AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 20 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 20 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Lamswaarde - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank. 20 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Book: Lamswaarde . Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert. 2003 . Waanders . Zwolle . 90 400 8830 6 . 20 April 2022 . nl.
  5. Web site: Lamswaarde . Plaatsengids . 20 April 2022 . nl.