Vierpolders

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

Vierpolders is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, and lies about 5 km north of Hellevoetsluis.

The name of the village, literally "four polders", refers to the municipality, that consisted of the polders Nieuwland, Veckhoek, Oud-Helvoet, and Oude-Gote. The village and the municipality were previously also named "Nieuwland". The village was first mentioned in 1843 as "de Vierpolders, gezegd Nieuwland".^[3]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1721 to replace a medieval church which was probably a wooden church. It was extended between 1857 and 1858. It is currently in use by a funeral home.^[4]

Vierpolders was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1980, when it became part of Brielle.^[5]

Gallery

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  Farm Esterenburch
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  Vierpolders en omgeving uit: Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, J. Kuyper 1867

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 3237AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
3. "Vierpolders - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
4. "Vierpolders". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.