Nieuwerkerk
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| name = Nieuwerkerk
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = Nieuwerkerk, de Nieuwerkerkse Molen RM14170 foto2 2015-05-30 13.27.jpg
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| image_caption = Windmill: Nieuwerkerkse Molen
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Schouwen-Duiveland
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4306AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 21 April 2022 }}
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| area_total_km2 = 17.81
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=21 April 2022}}
| population_total = 2,720
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
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Nieuwerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km south of Hellevoetsluis.
Nieuwerkerk was a separate municipality until 1961, when the new municipality of Duiveland was created.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}
History
Nieuwerkerk was created in the 12th century. It was a split-off from Ouwerkerk. The fifteenth-century Protestant church, originally dedicated to John (evangelist), has an 6 sided tower. It was rebuilt in 1975 on the foundations of the original tower, which was blown up in 1945 by the Germans.{{Cite web|title=Nieuwerkerk|url=https://www.schouwen-duiveland.nl/inwoners/gemeentearchief/geschiedenis/geschiedenis-van-de-kernen/nieuwerkerk|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland}}
During the North Sea flood of 1953, approximately 265 of the 1,800 residents drowned or went missing.{{Cite web|title=Een plaats voor herinneringen aan slachtoffers van de watersnood 1953|url=http://www.deramp.nl/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=www.deramp.nl}}{{Cite web|title=Nieuwerkerk|url=https://www.vvvzeeland.nl/nl/eilanden/schouwen-duiveland/dorpen-en-steden/nieuwerkerk/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=VVV Zeeland|language=nl-NL}}
Churches
There are 4 church congregations in Nieuwerkerk:
- Reformed Church, the church is in the Molenstraat.
- Reformed Church in the Netherlands, this church is in the Stationstraat.
- Hersteld Hervormde Kerk, this church is in the Ooststraat.
- Protestantse Kerk, this church is in the Kerkring.
In the Molenstraat is a small church for the Katholieke Apostolische Gemeente. However, this church is almost never used.{{Cite web|title=Nieuwerkerk, Molenstraat 10 - Katholiek Apostolische Kerk - Reliwiki|url=https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Nieuwerkerk,_Molenstraat_10_-_Katholiek_Apostolische_Kerk|access-date=2020-10-12|website=reliwiki.nl}}
Gallery
File:RM14166 Nieuwerkerk - Kerkring 9 (foto 2).jpg|Building in Nieuwerkerk
File:Rampen, watersnood, overstromingen, huizen, roeiboten, duiveland, Bestanddeelnr 123-1397.jpg|Nieuwerkerk after the 1953 flood (7 April 1953)
File:Toren kerk Nieuwerkerk.JPG|Dutch Reformed church
File:Nieuwerkerk - hoekhuis Oude Noordstraat.jpg|House in Nieuwerkerk
References
External links
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{{Dutch municipality Schouwen-Duiveland}}
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Category:History of Schouwen-Duiveland