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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 and villages,
all others refer directly to descriptions of a single church.
For an overview of all churches in Zeeland that are described
in more detail on Archimon see the pictorial
index.)
Aardenburg
Axel
Brouwershaven
Goes
's-Gravenpolder
's-Heerabtskerke
's-heerarendskerke
Hulst
Kapelle
Kloetinge
Kruiningen
Middelburg
Nisse
Poortvliet
Scherpenisse
Sint Kruis
Sluis
Tholen
Veere
Wemeldinge |
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. |
