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Click
on any of the
following links to find out more about churches in cities and villages
in the province of Zeeland:
(Links
in bold refer to pages showing a selection of churches in specific
towns, villages or municipalities (these are marked "mun."), all others
refer to descriptions of a single church only. For an overview of all
churches in Zeeland that are described in more detail
on Archimon, see the pictorial
index.)
Aardenburg
Axel
Biggekerke
Borsele (mun.)
Brouwershaven
Cadzand
Domburg
Gapinge
Goes (mun.)
's-Gravenpolder
Grijpskerke
's-Heerabtskerke
's-Heerarendskerke
Heinkenszand
Hulst (mun.)
Kapelle (mun.)
Kloetinge
Koewacht
Koudekerke
Krabbendijke
Kruiningen
Meliskerke
Middelburg
Nisse
Oost-Souburg
Ossenisse
Poortvliet
Reimerswaal (mun.)
Ritthem
Scherpenisse
Schouwen-Duiveland (mun.)
Serooskerke
Sint Kruis
Sint Maartensdijk
Sluis (mun.)
Terneuzen (mun.)
Tholen (mun.)
Veere (mun.)
Vlissingen (mun.)
Wemeldinge
Yerseke
Zaamslag
Zierikzee
Zoutelande
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Province
in the south-western part of the Netherlands. Most important cities are
Middelburg and Vlissingen. Originally Zeeland was the name of a
province consisting of a group of islands. The shapes of these islands
have changed many times, and some islands now are unrecognizable in
their old form, having become part of larger islands since. In 1323
Zeeland became the property of the counts of Holland. In 1572 Zeeland
was one of the most active provinces in the war against Spain. It has
been a mainly protestant province ever since. With this war began a
golden age, with especially the slave-trade being of great economic
importance. In
1648 Spain was
forced to hand over the northernmost part of Flanders to the Republic.
This part, today called Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, was from then on ruled as a
colony because of its mainly catholic population. Before the war this
was a rich area, with important towns like Hulst and Sluis. In 1815 the
islands and this part of Flanders together form the new province of
Zeeland. By that time the economy had gone downhill, and fishing and
agriculture had become the biggest trades. In World War Two Zeeland
suffered badly, with both parties destroying monumental buildings.
Another disaster was the great flood of 1953. Today Zeeland is of big
touristic importance. |