Oostflakkee

( Listen / i?) Oostflakkee was a town in the Dutch province of South Holland with 10402 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). Since 1 January 2013 is part of the municipality of Goeree -Overflakkee.

Location and economic

The (former) municipality on the island of Goeree -Overflakkee was the southernmost municipality of the province of South Holland. Your fertile soils consist of clay.

Overflakkee is crossed by the N59 which connects the area to the node Hellegatsplein about the Haring Vliet bridge in the A29 motorway towards the south with Dinteloord ( municipality of Steenbergen (North Brabant) ) and to the north of Rotterdam.

North of Oude Tonge, on the N59, is to be developed from 2009 to 2012, a larger trade area ( Bedrijvenpark Oostflakkee ). [ deprecated] Most of the population still live on the ( declining in importance ) farming or are commuters who work in Rotterdam and the surrounding area.

Places

Between the parentheses, the population of these villages is (according to the website of the former municipality ) on January 1st 2009.

  • Achthuizen, in the center of the former municipality ( 1204 inhabitants including the south of it hamlet Langstraat )
  • Den Bommel, in the north at Haring Vliet (1670 inhabitants)
  • Ooltgensplaat, in the east of the former municipality, on Volkerak, the eastern part of the Grevelingen ( 2509 inhabitants)
  • Oude Tonge, seat of the former municipality, in the west of the municipality, with a harbor on Volkerak ( 4718 inhabitants)
  • And finally the hamlet Zuidzijde which lies between Oude Tonge and Den Bommel.

History

In 1284 Albrecht van Voorne bought the resultant here " glory" Grijsoord of Floris V, Count of Holland. The area was then an area of ​​mudflats used only by shepherds and fishermen. After the purchase, people settled that dealt with the so-called fact ( c ) kdelven; this term refers to the recovery of sea salt from the under- clay and silt containing salt marsh layer by being burned. The ash is cooked, and then the salt can be easily collected after cooling.

The Wadden area was dammed in the 15th century and converted into polders ( Oude Tonge, 1438 Den Bommel and Ooltgensplaat: 1481-1526 ). The fertile soil proved to be very fruitful. Later, at an intersection of several dikes was the village Achthuizen (there is a house there have been eight apartments).

When in 1568 the octogenarian war had broken out, a fort was built at Ooltgensplaat, which remained in use until about 1811. The village of Oude Tonge in 1647 almost completely destroyed in a conflagration. In this same year, the new church building of the Reformed church was built in the village of Den Bommel, whose inhabitants had previously visited the church in Ooltgensplaat.

Achthuizen was settled by seasonal workers from North Brabant, which explains that this is the only village of the municipality is predominantly Catholic. From 1865 to 1944, there was also a monastery here. In the 18th century there was a thriving fishing temporarily sturgeon and salmon. On 1 February 1953, the area of the flood disaster has been hit hard. The construction of the Delta Works freed Oostflakkee then by the remoteness; later emerged on the shores of some water sports tourism.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Piet van Kempen (1898-1985), cyclist, born in Ooltgenssplaat
  • January Pieterse ( b. 1942 ), cyclist, born in Oude Tonge

Remarkable for tourists

  • The coasts of the natural areas and marinas ( Den Bommel, Ooltgensplaat, Oude Tonge )
  • The bridges and dams of the Delta Works
  • The village church of Den Bommel
  • The former town hall in Ooltgensplaat (17th century)
  • Some old windmills.

Partnerships

Telephone numbers in the Netherlands Goeree-Overflakkee Marine clay Haringvliet Jan Pieterse Statistics Netherlands
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