{{Infobox settlement | name = Halsteren | other_name = Altere | settlement_type = Town | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Halsteren - Dorpsstraat 22 - Raadhuis.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Former town hall of Halsteren | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name1 = North Brabant | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Bergen op Zoom | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4661AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 15 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 6 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 16.43 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 12,325 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 4661<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0164 | coordinates = {{coord|51|31|N|4|16|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}} }} '''Halsteren''' is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergen op Zoom, about 1 km north of that city. Halsteren has an old church from the 14th century and a new church, built in 1919. A little village called Polder was located between Halsteren and Tholen in the Middle Ages.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Halstert, and means "bend in the highland with a tail". It developed on a westward pointing sandy ridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/halsteren |title=Halsteren - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 14th century. It was extended in 1457. After a fire in 1607, it was extensively restored. In 1799, it was returned to the Catholic church and restored several times. In 1961, it became a Dutch Reformed church again. The Catholic St. Quirinus Church was built between 1911 and 1912 and has a double tower. The former town hall dates from 1633. It was restored and extended in 1917. It was restored in 1944 after a fire.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0073.php |title=Halsteren |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Halsteren was home to 538 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/halsteren |title=Halsteren |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426101925/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/halsteren |url-status=dead }}</ref> Halsteren was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Bergen op Zoom.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
The village of Polder or Polre was located near Halsteren. It disappeared in a flood in 1570 and most of the village is still buried underneath a metre of mud.<ref name="plaats"/>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Halsteren, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM19991 foto3 2015-05-24 11.43.jpg|Windmill: the Sint Antoniusmolen File:Boerderij, achtergevel met zesdelige empire schuiframen en luiken - Lepelstraat - 20411835 - RCE.jpg|Farm in Halsteren File:Quirinuschurch HalsterenDSC04639kl.jpg|Quirinus Church File:Blik op HalsterenDSC04646.jpg|View on Halsteren </gallery>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://bhic.nl/index.php?id=44 Information about Halsteren on the site of the BHIC (Dutch)]
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Category:Populated places in North Brabant Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant Category:Bergen op Zoom