Kruispolderhaven
Sign in to saveKruispolderhaven is a hamlet located in the eastern Zeelandic Flanders 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.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in NL, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Hulst and Populated places in Zeeland.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Netherlands
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- Hulst
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Kruispolderhaven is a hamlet located in the eastern Zeelandic Flanders 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.
==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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kruispolderhaven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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