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Bath, Netherlands

Field	Value
name	Bath
settlement_type	Village
other_name
native_name
native_name_lang	nl
image_skyline	File:Bath (Reimerswaal) - View 1.jpg
image_caption	View on Bath
image_shield	Fort Bath wapen.svg
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	Reimerswaal
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1.6
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	0.07
population_footnotes
population_total	85
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	4411
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	0113
coordinates

Bath is a small village and a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, lying on the north shore of the Western Scheldt. It is now located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 10 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1325 as "insula de Boestenbare dicta". The current name refers to the Bad Creek (compare: bath).

According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa, the former village of Bath was hit by floods several times in the 16th century: in 1530, 1532, 1536 and 1539. After these floods, only the church tower of the village was left, but it too had disappeared by the 19th century. In 1773, a part of the area was reclaimed from the sea again, and a fort, Fort Bath, was built in 1785 to protect the ships who collected the toll for passing ships. A small hamlet was built inside the fort; this became the new village of Bath. The structure contained a square fort with three bastions surrounded by a moat. In 1809, it was destroyed during the Walcheren Campaign, and was rebuilt between 1830 and 1834. In 1867, it was deemed obsolete.

Bath was home to 299 people in 1840. In 1950, a little church was built by the Free Evangelical Congregation. The village was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953.

Bath was a separate municipality until 1878 (called "Fort Bath" until 1816), when it became a part of the municipality of Rilland-Bath.

Transportation

In 1872, the Rilland-Bath railway station was built on the Roosendaal to Vlissingen railway line.

Gallery

File:De bouwvallen van de toren van Bath in Zeeland De Batsen Toorn (titel op object), RP-T-1888-A-1808.jpg|The ruins of the church towers in the 1630s File:De Schelde gezien vanaf Bath I.jpg|The Schelde as seen from Bath File:Bath, monumentale opslagplaats RM32422 foto2 2012-05-17 10.06.JPG|Former arsenal File:Met militairgebouw - Bath - 20028560 - RCE.jpg|Little church and military buildings

References

(24 July 2019). "Postcodetool for 4411AA". Het Waterschapshuis.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021".
"Bath - (geografische naam)".
{{vanderAa-AW. B. 176. Bath. PA176
Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert. (2003). "Rilland". Waanders.
"Bath".
"KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina".
"station Rilland- Bath".

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