Stavenisse
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Stavenisse
| settlement_type = Village
| other_name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = Oud ger gem stavenisse 1.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Old Reformed Congregation
| image_flag = Flag of Stavenisse.gif
| image_shield = Stavenisse wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Tholen
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4696AX |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 22 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.3
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| area_total_km2 = 11.32
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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=22 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,710
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0166
| coordinates = {{coord|51|35|10|N|4|0|44|E|region:NL_type:city(1798)|display=inline,title}}
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Stavenisse is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about {{convert|22|km}} west of Bergen op Zoom.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1206 as Stauenesse, and is a combination of headland and wooden pool.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/stavenisse |title=Stavenisse - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=22 April 2022 |language=nl}} The original village developed around the salt marshes were diked in the 11th century. The village disappeared in the flood of 1509. In 1599, the area was poldered by order Hendrik van Tuyll van Serooskerke. A castle was built between the harbour and the church, but was demolished in 1753, and only a garden with some remnants remain.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu09_01/sten009monu09_01_0098.php |title=Stavenisse |author=Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 8830 6 |access-date=22 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Dutch Reformed church is a T-shaped church dating from 1617. The tower was added in 1672. Between 1910 and 1911, the church was remodelled in a rationalist style.
Stavenisse was home to 1,257 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/stavenisse |title=Stavenisse |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=22 April 2022 |language=nl}} Stavenisse was severely flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953. The sea dike was breached in six places and the harbour dike in two places, and the water rose to {{convert|3.5|m}} above street level. Of the 1737 inhabitants, 153 died. A total of 140 houses were destroyed. There are still 19 wooden emergency houses in the village which were donated by the people of Norway, but one has been moved to the museum in Sint-Annaland.{{cite web|url=https://www.zalig-zeeland.com/provinciedelen/tholen/stavenisse |title=Stavenisse |website=Zalig Zeeland |access-date=22 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:2010 Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Stavenisse.jpg|Dutch Reformed church
File:Stavenisse - molen met haven.jpg|Wind mill and harbour
File:Watersnoodhuis Stavenisse.jpg|Former town hall
File:Stavenisse, Bestanddeelnr 905-5524.jpg|Stavenisse (17 February 1953)
References
{{Commons category|Stavenisse}}
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{{Dutch municipality Tholen}}
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