Kerkwerve
Sign in to saveKerkwerve is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kerkwerve
- Region
- Zeeland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 575
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.area_code
- 0111
- Settlement.name
- Kerkwerve
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kerk Kerkwerve.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church in Kerkwerve
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kerkwerve wapen.svg
- Settlement.motto
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- Settlement.map_caption1
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- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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Kerkwerve is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.
== History == The village was first mentioned in the 11th century as Kiricwereve, and means "artificial height with church". Kerkwerve is a circular village around a church which developed during the Middle Ages. In the 14th century, the manor house Huis Te Werve was built to east of the Kerkwerve and existed until the 18th century. The village was burnt in 1576 by the Spanish Army.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerkwerve” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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