Bath, Zeeland
History
The village was first mentioned in 1325 as "insula de Boestenbare dicta". The current name refers to the Bad Creek (compare: bath).
According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa, the former village of Bath was hit by floods several times in the 16th century: in 1530, 1532, 1536 and 1539. After these floods, only the church tower of the village was left, but it too had disappeared by the 19th century. In 1773, a part of the area was reclaimed from the sea again, and a fort, Fort Bath, was built in 1785 to protect the ships who collected the toll for passing ships. A small hamlet was built inside the fort; this became the new village of Bath. The structure contained a square fort with three bastions surrounded by a moat. In 1809, it was destroyed by the English, and rebuilt between 1830 and 1834. In 1867, it was deemed obsolete.
Bath was home to 299 people in 1840. In 1950, a little church was built by the Free Evangelical Congregation. The village was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953.
Bath was a separate municipality until 1878 (called "Fort Bath" until 1816), when it became a part of the municipality of Rilland-Bath.
Transportation
In 1872, the Rilland-Bath railway station was built on the Roosendaal to Vlissingen railway line.
Gallery
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The ruins of the church towers in the 1630s
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The Schelde as seen from Bath
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Former arsenal
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Little church and military buildings
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 4411AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Bath - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Bath". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 2 (B), 1840, p. 176. "Bath".
- ^ Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Rilland (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-8830-6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "station Rilland- Bath". Stationweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.