Eversdijk
Encyclopedia
Eversdijk is a hamlet
in the Dutch
province of Zeeland
. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle
on the island of Zuid-Beveland
, 23 km east of Middelburg
and 120 km southwest of Amsterdam
. It was buit in a typical circular style which is fairly common in south Beveland
. The coat of arms of Eversdijk contains a sterling silver wild boar of a black Tincture
on a loose green sinople
soil.
, and dedicated to St. Paul. The bell was cast in 1525 by Peter Waghevens and the clock carried the following inscription: "Sebastiaen ben ic ghegoten van Peter Waghevens te Mechelen binnen lof heb God tot rechter minnen, MCCCCCLLD." Under this heading one sees four ring-shaped images, perhaps passages of the life of Saint Sebastian.
In the course of the middle ages
the village of Eversdijk remained stuck in its development. The main reason for this was the depletion of the peat found around the village. In the 17th and 18th centuries Eversdijk became a hamlet and on 1 January 1816, the until then independent commune was attached to that of Kapelle
, of which Eversdijk is now a part. The church collapsed in 1821 and in 1840, the bell tower was demolished being the clock clock sold at public auction on June 11 1840. When the clock of 's Heer Abtskerke became useless, the one in Eversdijk was exchanged with the municipality of Kapelle.
Hamlet
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in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of Zeeland
Zeeland
Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...
. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle
Kapelle
Kapelle is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.-Transport:Railway station: Kapelle-Biezelinge.-Famous people:*Annie M.G. Schmidt - famous writer was born in Kapelle...
on the island of Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland is a part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Westerschelde and south of the Oosterschelde. It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Beveland on the west and the Scheldt-Rhine Canal on the east.It consists of four...
, 23 km east of Middelburg
Middelburg
Middelburg is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland. It is situated in the Midden-Zeeland region. It has a population of about 48,000.- History of Middelburg :...
and 120 km southwest of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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. It was buit in a typical circular style which is fairly common in south Beveland
Beveland
Beveland can refer to:*Noord-Beveland in the Netherlands*Zuid-Beveland in the Netherlands...
. The coat of arms of Eversdijk contains a sterling silver wild boar of a black Tincture
Tincture (heraldry)
In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to emblazon a coat of arms. These can be divided into several categories including light tinctures called metals, dark tinctures called colours, nonstandard colours called stains, furs, and "proper". A charge tinctured proper is coloured as it would be...
on a loose green sinople
Sinople
Sinople was a term for a kind of red earth used as a pigment in antiquity.It can refer to:*sinople, also sinoper, a term for "red", and later "green" in heraldry, see Sinople...
soil.
History
The name comes from an unknown person called Everdeis, who once constructed a dike at this location. The village is built amidst two roads with a path serving as intersection between them. Within the triangle created, a church was built out of the parish of 's-Heer Abtskerke's-Heer Abtskerke
s-Heer Abtskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 19 km east of Middelburg....
, and dedicated to St. Paul. The bell was cast in 1525 by Peter Waghevens and the clock carried the following inscription: "Sebastiaen ben ic ghegoten van Peter Waghevens te Mechelen binnen lof heb God tot rechter minnen, MCCCCCLLD." Under this heading one sees four ring-shaped images, perhaps passages of the life of Saint Sebastian.
In the course of the middle ages
Middle Ages
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the village of Eversdijk remained stuck in its development. The main reason for this was the depletion of the peat found around the village. In the 17th and 18th centuries Eversdijk became a hamlet and on 1 January 1816, the until then independent commune was attached to that of Kapelle
Kapelle
Kapelle is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.-Transport:Railway station: Kapelle-Biezelinge.-Famous people:*Annie M.G. Schmidt - famous writer was born in Kapelle...
, of which Eversdijk is now a part. The church collapsed in 1821 and in 1840, the bell tower was demolished being the clock clock sold at public auction on June 11 1840. When the clock of 's Heer Abtskerke became useless, the one in Eversdijk was exchanged with the municipality of Kapelle.