Elkerzee

Scharendijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24 km west of Hellevoetsluis. The village was first mentioned in 1487 as Schaerdendijke, and is a combination of dike and trench. Scharendijke is a dike village. It was originally a little hamlet. Between 1901 and 1902, a harbour was built and it developed into a little village around the harbour.Scharendijke was home to 204 people in 1840. Part of the village was rebuilt after the North Sea flood of 1953. From the 1970s onwards, holiday homes were built around the village.Scharendijke used to be part of the municipality of Elkerzee. In 1960, the municipality of Middenschouwen was created and Scharendijk became its capital. In 1997, it was merged into Schouwen-Duiveland.

Looperskapelle is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.Looperskapelle is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Scharendijke. Looperskappele used to be home to 156 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of a handful of houses. It used to have a church, but it was demolished in 1590.Looperskapelle was a separate municipality until 1813, when it was merged with Duivendijke.

Middenschouwen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It covered the central part of the island of Schouwen-Duiveland. Middenschouwen was created in a merger of Duivendijke, Elkerzee, Ellemeet and Kerkwerve in 1961. It existed until 1997, when it was merged into the new municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.

Ellemeet is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 26 km west of Hellevoetsluis.

Klaaskinderenkerke (also spelled 'Klaaskinderkerke') is a former village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The polder Klaaskinderen was flooded on December 14, 1511, and was never reclaimed again. The church of Klaaskinderenkerke disappeared in this flood, and in the 19th century, only a small hamlet was left.The hamlet has now disappeared from the maps. It was located east of the village of Scharendijke. Klaaskinderkerke was a separate municipality until 1813, when it was merged with Duivendijke.

Moriaanshoofd is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 26 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.Moriaanshoofd is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Kerkwerve. The hamlet consists of about 20 houses.

Serooskerke is a village in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland about 100 km southwest of Rotterdam.

Brijdorpe is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.Brijdorpe is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Scharendijke. It has place name signs. Brijdorpe was home to 79 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 20 houses.It used to be a separate municipality for a while, before it was made part of the municipality of Duivendijke in 1813.

Den Osse is a hamlet in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, in Zeeland, Netherlands. Den Osse is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Brouwershaven. Den Osse has mainly become a holiday resort and marina. It has its own place name signs. There are only about 15 houses for permanent residence.

The Brouwersdam is the seventh structure of the Delta Works in the Netherlands. Brouwersdam forms a barrier across the former estuary known as the Brouwershavense Gat. As a result, the area of water became known as the Grevelingenmeer.

Schouwen is the name of a former island of the Dutch province of Zeeland.The island of Schouwen was joined to Duiveland in 1610, forming the island of Schouwen-Duiveland. It is the western part of the current island.

Noordwelle is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 5 km southwest of Scharendijke. The village was first mentioned in 1109 as Willa, and means well. Noord (north) has been added to distinguish from the former village Zuidwelle. Noordwelle is a circular village around a church which is surrounded by moat. It developed near a 13th century castle which was lost in a flood in the 15th or 16th century. In 1575, Noordwelle was in Spanish hands and liberated by the Dutch States Army on 14 January 1576.The Dutch Reformed church is a single-aisled church. The tower dates from around 1450. The church was destroyed by war in 1576, and rebuilt slightly bigger in the 17th century. The choir was converted into a school in 1859. In the early 1960s, the school parts were demolished.Noordwelle was home to 392 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Westerschouwen. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.