Wilhelminadorp (Goes)

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Wilhelminadorp ( Zeeland 't Wulleminadurp ) is a small village in the municipality of the city of Goes in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The village has 776 inhabitants ( 2010).

Wilhelminadorp was created in 1812 by the damming of the Wilhelminapolders. Originally called the Polder Lodewijkspolder, named after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte ( Dutch: Lodewijk Napoleon ), who in 1809 decided as King of Holland, einzupoldern the area. In 1815 the polder was given its present name after Wilhelmina of Prussia, wife of the Dutch King William I. A special feature of this polder is that only a farm settled, the " Koninklijke Maatschap de Wilhelminapolder " ( " Royal Society Wilhelminapolder " ). This operation is still and was one of the largest farms in the Netherlands. The company covers an area of ​​1700 ha ( = 17 km ² ), of which approximately 1,300 ha ( = 13 km ²) of farmland are.

Wilhelminadorp situated along the canal of Goes on the Oosterschelde. To Wilhelminadorp also include Goese Sas, which lies at the mouth of this channel, and also Roodewijk, both settlements in the rural area outside of the village. The Dutch Reformed Church ( " Hervormde Kerk ") in the village was built to a design by Dutch architect Isaäc Warnsinck.

In Wilhelminadorp there is the restaurant Katseveer that received a Michelin star in 2005.

Born in Wilhelminadorp

• Arie Pieter Minderhoud (3 March 1902), agricultural expert