Kruispolderhaven

Kruispolderhaven
Hamlet
Coordinates: 51°21′18″N 4°5′41″E / 51.35500°N 4.09472°E / 51.35500; 4.09472
Country Netherlands
Province Zeeland
Municipality Hulst
Kruispolderhaven panorama 2006.

Kruispolderhaven is a rural village located in the eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen portion of the Dutch province of Zeeland. Its name originates from its location at the eastern tip of the Kruispolder, a "crossed" polder adjacent to a (now nonexistent) seaport on the southern bank of the Western Scheldt estuary.[1]

History

Kruispolderhaven is the harbour of the Kruispolder, which was reclaimed from the sea in 1612 by the Spaniards. The former island Hontenisse had drowned in 1508/1511.[2]They built the dikes straight and at right angles to each other, making a cross. This newly reclaimed area was named "Cruys Polder" (cross polder), reflecting its uniqueness. People from this area sometimes took the surname Van de Cruys (from the cross), or simply, Cruys. Later derivations of the surname Cruys became Cruijsse, Crouse, and Kruis, among others.[3]

Today, while other dikes protect Kruispolderhaven, the original "cross" dikes have been reduced to field level and are represented by the east-west roads, Kruispolderkaai (cross-polder-quay) and Lange Nieuwstraat (long new-street). The north-south cross is represented by Ooststraat (east-street). Besides Kruispolderhaven, the Kruispolder also contains the hamlets of Kruisdorp and Baalhoek.

References

  1. ↑ Nova et Accurata Comitatus Zelandiae Tabula, Carel Allard (1648-ca.1730), Zeeuws Archief in de beroemde collectie Zelandia Illustrata (deel 1 inv. nr. 108) van het Koninklijk Zeeuws Genootschap der Wetenschappen, 1691.
  2. ↑ M.H. Wilderom, Tussen Afsluitdammen en Deltadijken IV Zeeuwsch Vlaanderen Wilderom, Vlissingen, 1973, pp. 57, 137-138.
  3. ↑ Crouse Family History, Second Edition, Researcher's Supplement, Rogue Publishing, Seattle, Washington, 2007.

Coordinates: 51°21′18″N 4°5′40″E / 51.35500°N 4.09444°E / 51.35500; 4.09444


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/22/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.