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Poortvliet

Field	Value
name	Poortvliet
settlement_type	Village
other_name
native_name
native_name_lang	nl
image_skyline	File:Poortvliet, de Sint Pancratiuskerk RM35375 foto5 2015-05-24 13.34.jpg
image_caption	The St Pancratius Church
image_flag	Flag of Poortvliet.gif
image_shield	Poortvliet gemeentewapen.svg
image_map	LocatieTholen.png
image_map1	Map NL - Tholen - Poortvliet.png
map_caption1	The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Poortvliet 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	-0.5
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	22.18
population_footnotes
population_total	1,715
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	4693
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	0166
coordinates

-- Poortvliet (; Zeelandic: Poôfliet) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen and lies about 12 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1200 as Portfliet, and the name is a combination of words for port and streaming water. Poortvliet is a circular church village. The Poortvlietpolder and the Mallandpolder are the oldest diked polders of the former island of Tholen.

The Dutch Reformed church is a basilica like cruciform church which was dedicated to St Pancratius. The lower parts of the tower date from around 1350. The church was rebuilt after a fire in 1586. During a restoration in 1778, the entire choir was removed.

The grist mill De Korenaar was built in 1710. The wind mill started to lean during construction and is smaller than intended. In 2010s, the displacement was 66 centimeters. In 1950, an electro motor was installed. In 2010, it was restored and back in service until 2018.

Poortvliet was home to 1,113 people in 1840. Poortvliet was evacuated and inundated in 1944. In 1945, it was hit by V-1 flying bomb intended for Antwerp which killed four people. Poortvliet was severely affected by the North Sea flood of 1953.

In 1813, the village of Nieuw-Strijen was merged with Poortvliet. Poortvliet remained a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen.

Gallery

File:Oudgemaal en Schoorsteen te Poortvliet, Tholen.jpg|Steam pumping station Oosterschelde File:Korenaar Poortvliet.jpg|Wind mill De Korenaar File:Zicht op de ingangspartij in de zuidgevel, gezien door de loofgang of berceau - Poortvliet - 20384026 - RCE.jpg|Entrance to the church File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Poortvliet - 20265145 - RCE.jpg|Farm in Poortvliet

References

"Postcodetool for 4693BA". Het Waterschapshuis.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021".
"Poortvliet - (geografische naam)".
Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert. (2003). "Poortvliet". Waanders.
"De Korenaar".
"Poortvliet".
"Poortvliet".
{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten

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