{{Short description|Neighborhood of Veere, Netherlands}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zanddijk | settlement_type = Neighbourhood and former village | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:Veere-Zanddijk ruin church tower 1812.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Ruined church tower of Zanddijk (1812) | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Zeeland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Veere | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4351AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 22 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 = 3.1 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 0.40 | 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=22 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 855 | 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 = 4351<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0118 | coordinates = {{coord|51|32|22|N|3|39|30|E|type:city_region:NL|display=title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }} '''Zanddijk''' is a neighbourhood of Veere and former village in the municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/veere |title=Veere |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=22 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525234346/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/veere |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== The hamlet was probably founded in the first half of the twelfth century when some local farmers went to live on a dike made of sand, for which the hamlet was named.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stichtingveere.nl/Themapagina7.shtml|title=Thema: Het oude Zanddijk|website=www.stichtingveere.nl|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2021-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325192956/https://www.stichtingveere.nl/Themapagina7.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Zanddijk literally means "sand dike".) By 1153 Zanddijk had become a lordship.<ref name=":0" /> In 1247 Hendrik Wisse van Borsele inherited the lordship and had a fort constructed there.<ref name=":0" /> Under {{ILL|Van Borsele|nl}}, Zanddijk grew into a wealthy village.<ref name=":0" /> Veere was founded on the lordship's territory and quickly grew into a city, overshadowing Zanddijk itself.<ref name=":0" /> In 1347 it split off from the lordship.<ref name=":0" /> In 1439 parts of Zanddijk were acquired by Veere and in 1574 the rest were put under its control.<ref name=":0" /> During the Beeldenstorm its church was damaged but not destroyed; but soon after, it was destroyed anyway.<ref name=":0" /> In 1572 Veere went over to the Dutch and provided troops for the Siege of Vlissingen.<ref name=":0" /> During the Eighty Years' War, in 1748 it counted only 416 inhabitants.<ref name=":0" /> During the Coalition Wars the French built fortifications around the village.<ref name=":0" /> In the 1930s its strategic position again saw Zanddijk the location of a line of fortification.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nationaal Comité 4 em 5 mei & Noordhoff Atlasproducties|first=|title=De Bosatlas van de Tweede Wereldoorlog|publisher=|others=75 Jaar Vrijheid, Vfonds, Rijksoverheid, Nationale Postcode Loterij|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=36}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bunkersite.com/locations/holland/zeeland/zanddijk.php|title=Zanddijk, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland {{!}} Bunkersite.com|website=bunkersite.com|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Dutch municipality Veere}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Veere Category:Populated places in Zeeland