The Arne is a former river, possibly originally a tidal creek, on the former island of Walcheren in the Netherlands on which the city of Middelburg was founded. The Arne gave the city access to the Sloe, a confluent of the Westerschelde. Between 1266 and 1301, the Arne was dammed in Middelburg and later the river silted up. Therefore, in 1532 digging commenced on the ca. 3 km long Havenkanaal (Harbour Channel) (opened on the 24th of August 1535), causing Middelburg to again have a navigable connection to the Sloe and the Westerschelde.[1]
Arnemuiden, which lays on the original estuary of the Arne, gets its name from this river.[2]
References
edit- ^ "MIDDELBURG". Encyclopedie van Zeeland (in Dutch). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "ARNEMUIDEN (stad)". Encyclopedie van Zeeland (in Dutch). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
External links
edit- Arne, Encyclopedie van Zeeland (in Dutch)
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