Kruispolderhaven

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Kruispolderhaven
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Coordinates: 51°21′18″N 4°5′41″E / 51.35500°N 4.09472°E / 51.35500; 4.09472
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Hulst

Kruispolderhaven panorama 2006.

Kruispolderhaven is a rural village located in the eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen 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.^[1]

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.^[2]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.^[3]

Today, while other dikes protect Kruispolderhaven, the original "cross" dikes have been reduced to field level and are represented by the east-west roads, Kruispolderkaai (cross-polder-quay) and Lange Nieuwstraat (long new-street). The north-south cross is represented by Ooststraat (east-street). Besides Kruispolderhaven, the Kruispolder also contains the hamlets of Kruisdorp and Baalhoek.

References

↑ Nova et Accurata Comitatus Zelandiae Tabula, Carel Allard (1648-ca.1730), Zeeuws Archief in de beroemde collectie Zelandia Illustrata (deel 1 inv. nr. 108) van het Koninklijk Zeeuws Genootschap der Wetenschappen, 1691.
↑ M.H. Wilderom, Tussen Afsluitdammen en Deltadijken IV Zeeuwsch Vlaanderen Wilderom, Vlissingen, 1973, pp. 57, 137-138.
↑ Crouse Family History, Second Edition, Researcher's Supplement, Rogue Publishing, Seattle, Washington, 2007.

External links

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Hontenisse". Map of the area in 1868, showing Kruispolderhaven as "Kruispolder"
Zealand, New Brunswick, Canada

v t e Populated places in the municipality of Hulst

Cities/towns	Hulst

Villages	Clinge Graauw Heikant Hengstdijk Kapellebrug Kloosterzande Kuitaart Lamswaarde Nieuw-Namen Ossenisse Sint Jansteen Terhole Vogelwaarde Walsoorden

Hamlets	Absdale Baalhoek Boschkapelle Duivenhoek Drie Hoefijzers Eendragt Emmadorp Groenendijk Halfeind · Kampen Kamperhoek Knuitershoek Krabbenhoek Kreverhille Kruisdorp Kruispolderhaven Margret Luntershoek Molenhoek Noordstraat Oude Stoof Paal Patrijzenhoek Pauluspolder Prosperdorp Stoppeldijk/Rapenburg Roverberg Ruischendegat Schapershoek Scheldevaartshoek Schuddebeurs Sluis Statenboom Stoppeldijkveer Tasdijk Vogelfort Zandberg Zeedorp

List of cities, towns and villages in Zeeland

Coordinates: 51°21′18″N 4°5′40″E / 51.35500°N 4.09444°E / 51.35500; 4.09444

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