Valkenisse is a former village in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
The village was repeatedly flooded in the 16th and 17th century, and was finally abandoned after the flood of 26 January 1682.[1]
The small remaining part of the domain of Valkenisse was a separate municipality until 1816, when it was merged with Waarde.[2]
The sandbanks in the Westerschelde south of Krabbendijke, the Platen van Valkenisse, are named after the village.
References
edit- ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 11 (T-V), 1848.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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