Schouwen-Duiveland

Schouwen- Duiveland ( listen? / I ) is an island in the Netherlands. At the same time Schouwen- Duiveland is the name of the only church on the island. It is located in the province of Zeeland, counts 34,049 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) and consists of the following districts:

Brijdorpe, Brouwer Haven, Bruinisse, Burgh, Burgh Luis, Three choir, Elkerzee, Elle Meet, Haamstede, Kerkwerve, Looperskapelle, Moriaanshoofd, Nieuwerkerk, Nieuwerkerke, Noordgouwe, Noord wave Oosterland, Ouwerkerk, Renesse, Scharendijke, Schuddebeurs, Domburg, Sirjansland, Westenschouwen Zierikzee and Zonnemaire.

History

The name comes from two of the three, by the silted up in the Middle Ages Gouwe, separate islands and Schouwen Duiveland. The third island was called Bommenee. First, these islands have been transformed by several storm surges. Bommenee was separated by the already mentioned in 776 " Sonnemar " and was not part of Zeeland but to Holland before the storm surge of 1682. By embankments, the parts were united to the island Schouwen- Duiveland, which is due to bridges and dikes within the Delta Works are no longer an island but on the island of Goeree -Overflakkee to the mainland as well as a locking mechanism and the Zeelandbrug with the island of Noord- Beveland is connected.

Administrative headquarters are in the town of Zierikzee, that was until 1995 an independent municipality of approximately 11,000 inhabitants (as of 2002). The the greater community Schouwen- Duiveland belonging, lying on the North Sea coast districts Renesse and Westerschouwen are popular excursion and holiday destination, particularly for tourists from North Rhine -Westphalia.