Zwartewaterland

Zwartewaterland () is a municipality in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.

Situation; economy

This mainly rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water (Black Water). This is a short distributary of the river IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer. This lake was before 1931 a part of the Zuiderzee. The Vecht also flows into the Zwarte Water. Hasselt lies about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Zwolle. Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km further north, almost opposite one another, near the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is important to the local economy.

Hasselt and Zwartsluis have small ports with some industry. Genemuiden is the biggest of the three towns, and is home to the majority of Zwartewaterland's population and industry.

Population centres

The most important places are printed in bold type.

• Cellemuiden
• De Velde
• Genemuiden (population on 1 January 2007: 9,985)
• Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands (pop. 6,963)
• Kamperzeedijk-Oost and Kamperzeedijk-West
• Kievitsnest
• Mastenbroek
• Zwartewatersklooster
• Zwartsluis (pop. 4,810).

Sights

• A small part of the wetland area and National Park "De Wieden" (see Steenwijkerland) lies here, immediately north of Zwartsluis
• Genemuiden has a big yacht basin, Zwartsluis a smaller one.
• The centre of Hasselt is picturesque, with a town hall built between 1550 and 1615 and several old houses (1650-1800).
• Saint Stephen's Church in the centre of Hasselt is interesting. This church, Late Gothic, built in 1466, has frescoes on the ceilings and a remarkable church organ. Every year on the feast of Corpus Christi a Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Hasselt is held, with a procession. For that purpose a special church was built in 1933.

External links

• Official Website (Dutch)
• Website Tapijt Museum / Carpet Museum Genemuiden (Dutch)
• News from Genemuiden (Dutch)
• Pictures of Genemuiden (Dutch)
• Regional Tourist Board (Dutch, with summary in German)