Colijnsplaat

The village is part of the island community Colijnsplaar Noord- Beveland, in the province Zeeland in the Oosterschelde.

History

Today's Colijnsplaar was founded in 1598, after the reclamation of the Oud -Noord -Beveland - polder. The town's name comes from the " shaved " ( an overgrown Landanschwemmung before the last diking that is not inundated at mean high water) Colin Plate. This name is first mentioned in history in 1489. The town was planned as voorstraat Village ( a wide main street perpendicular to the dike ), with adjacent plots. 1599 a harbor was created especially to trade of agricultural products and a ferry service to Zierikzee ( Schouwen- Duiveland ). After the construction of the Zeeland Bridge ( about 2 km to the east of Colijnsplaar to Zierikzee; construction period 1963-1965 ) the ferry service was discontinued.

Storm surge in 1953

In the great flood in 1953, the residents of Colijnsplaar the Sieltor tried desperately in the dike that threatened to break through the herantosenden water masses to strengthen and thereby preserve the village from flooding. However, the task would have been in vain if not a thrown by a storm on the coast freighter had run just before this Siel due, so acted as a very effective breakwater and thus the flood fortifications preserved from destruction. The height profile of Colijnsplaar is from west to east between -0.9 m ( Havelaarstraat, Bridge De Valle), about 1.5 m in the village center ( intersection Havelaarstraat / voorstraat ), to the area of ​​the road Oostzeedijk -0.4 m NAP ( Normal Amsterdam Peil ). At the highest water level in the early morning of Sunday, February 1, 1953, around 3:30 clock of about 4.5 m NAP, the entire place had been flooded with about three feet high water level. Almost all the houses were within a very short time ( had many homes in Colijnsplaar and to date have only a ground floor and a loft conversion ) up to the edge of the roof was under water. Miles of farmland would be flooded with salt water and thus become unusable for decades.

This event went down in history of the place as the miracle of Colijnsplaar. In 1993, the former town hall was built to commemorate the memorial " strijd tegen het water ", of Flushing artist Jan Haas, west built.

Population

Until 1960, most Colijnsplaater lived mainly from agriculture. Because of the progressive mechanization but many were forced to seek other work. The construction of the Delta Works and the city now has a dam easily achievable Goes, as well as the later link on the Delta Works to Rotterdam and the Europoort harbor Europe offer new jobs.

For the predominantly Protestant - Calvinist population, there are two churches: the Hervormde Kerk in Havelaarstraat and Gereformeerde Kerk Beatrixstraat.

Economic Development

Prior to the completion of the final dike Veersches sea (the hedonist Gatdam ) 1961, the entire fleet of Veere and Arnemuiden ( Walcheren ), Yerseke (Zuid- Beveland ) and Tholen was moved to Colijnsplaar. Thus, a fishing port came with the fish market ( auction hall ) to do so. The former agricultural Harbour ( Oude Haven ), which is gradually silted today filled lawn in front of the former old community house and still visible in its outlines. To him around 1960/61, a much larger harbor created, with the first construction phase approximately 50 moorings for boats. The fishing in its present form was come by the competition of fish factories on the high seas trawlers soon unprofitable. Only a few fishing boats remained in Colijnsplaar. In 1979, developed simultaneously with the increase of the levees, the port, to make room for a marina. The Fish Market ( Vismijn ) was until 1998 a municipal facility. From 1999, he is by a private company under the name Visveiling Colijnsplaar BV operated. On the weekends are still up to twelve beam trawls and shrimp boats in the harbor to see. Important fish: sole, turbot, brill, plaice, dab, flounder, lobster, shrimp, eel and sea bass. Landing: every Thursday afternoon.

As one the largest project of the Delta Plan, the storm surge barrier Oosterschelde dam was completed, the entire Oosterschelde virtually an inland sea, the only nor the Roompot - lock ( The Roompot is the waterway ( fairway ) was the Oosterschelde in the area northwest of the coast of Noord- Bevelands ) was connected to the open sea. It was a paradise for all kinds of water. The new Colijnsplaater port developed into a marina, which is now a marina with 550 moorings (as of 2008 ) is. Also the other holiday tourism increased by leaps and bounds and quite Zeeland - a formerly living exclusively from modest agriculture and fisheries Province - experienced an unprecedented economic boom. Thus, a wealthy seaside resort from the very poor village Colijnsplaar.

Antique Finds

1970 attracted a found by fishermen in the Eastern Scheldt before Colijnsplaar Roman altar stone attention that belonged to a Roman, the goddess Nehalennia consecrated temple. Later, a few hundred picture stones, statues and statuettes of the goddess were found. Replicas of these finds are on display in a newly built in the port area and a Roman temple -inspired building, the Nahalennia Temple. The originals are in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Archaeological Museum ) in Leiden.

Others

Since 1996 Colijnsplaar is reported as beschermd Dorpsgezicht ( analogy in the German monument: Ensemble protection). The church hall was built in 1769. In the village there are two windmills, De Oude Molen ('The Old Mill ' ) of about 1727 and the Nooit Thought of 1864, also De Nieuwe Molen (, The New Mill ') called.

The closest

About 12 kilometers west of Colijnsplaar, over the hedonist Gatdam leads the N57 ( Rijksweg 57) to the former island of Walcheren. To the north, the N57 goes over the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier after Schouwen- Duiveland and binds to the region of Zeeland as Rotterdam Europoort to the. Two kilometers east of Colijnsplaar leads the N256 south to Goes (Zuid- Beveland ) or north-east of the island of Zeeland Schouwen- Duiveland.

Personalities

• Johannis de Rijke, a well-known beyond the borders of the Netherlands addition, a hydraulic engineer ( waterbouwkundige )