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Oud-Vossemeer

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands

Summary

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands

Field	Value
name	Oud-Vossemeer
settlement_type	Village
other_name
native_name	Ou-Vossemaer
image_skyline	File:Smidse, Oud-Vossemeer P1400623.jpg
image_caption	The former forge of Oud-Vossemeer
image_flag	Flag of Oud-Vossemeer.gif
image_shield	Oud-Vossemeer wapen.svg
image_map	LocatieTholen.png
image_map1	Map NL - Tholen - Oud-Vossemeer.png
map_caption1	The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Oud-Vossemeer in the municipality of Tholen.
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	Tholen
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	0.4
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	20.43
population_footnotes
population_total	2,730
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	4698
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	0166
coordinates

Oud-Vossemeer (Zeelandic: Ou-Vossemaer) is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 13 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1410 as Vosmer, and means "old fresh water stream". Oud (old) has been added to distinguish from Nieuw-Vossemeer. Oud-Vossemeer is a circular church village which developed after the Kerkepolder was poldered in 1411. Up to the 16th century, it formed a heerlijkheid with Nieuw-Vossemeer. In 1576, it was burnt by the Dutch States Army.

The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from 1450. The church was heavily damaged by the 1576 fire. It was rebuilt in 1595, and the tower was placed inside the church. The church was extensively modified between 1913 and 1915. The Catholic St Willibrordus Church is an aisleless church with wooden tower from 1841. The interior was modified in 1928.

The former forge dates from 1786. The façade contains a "smith's clock" from 1805 with carved wooden figures, and has a wooden ringer with a brass bell. Above the clock is tunnel with cavalry figures. The clock was restored in 1960. Since 2015, the Roosevelt Information centre is housed in the forge.

Oud-Vossemeer was home to 1,364 people in 1840. It includes the previous municipality and hamlet of Vrijberge. In 1944, Oud-Vossemeer and the surrounding country side was inundated by the Germans. Oud-Vossemeer was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen.

Notable people

The ancestors of the American presidential family Roosevelt may have lived in Oud-Vossemeer. A monument honouring the Four Freedoms (formulated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was placed in the centre of the village.

Gallery

File:Hervormde kerk (Oud-Vossemeer) P1400625.jpg|Dutch Reformed church File:Vergezicht met molen - Oud-Vossemeer - 20364132 - RCE.jpg|Wind mill De Jager File:Huys van Roosevelt P1400624.jpg|Restaurant Huys van Roosevelt File:Willibrorduskerk, Oud-Vossemeer.JPG|St Willibrordus Church

References

"Postcodetool for 4698AA". Het Waterschapshuis.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021".
"Oud-Vossemeer - (geografische naam)".
Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert. (2003). "Oud-Vossemeer". Waanders.
"Monumentnummer: 35373 Raadhuisstraat 15 4698 AJ te Oud-Vossemeer".
"Oud-Vossemeer".
{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten

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