Kortgene

Kortgene is a small city in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, about 15 km northeast of Middelburg. It received city rights in 1431, but was flooded in 1530 and 1532. The new settlement received city rights in 1684.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kortgene
Settlement.settlement_type: Small city
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: File:KortgeneKerk.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Korgene
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kortgene.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Kortgene wapen.svg
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: LocatieNoord-Beveland.png
Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Noord-Beveland - Kortgene.png
Settlement.map_caption1: The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Kortgene in the municipality of Noord-Beveland. -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

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The town was first mentioned in 1247 as Cortkeen, and means "short creek". Kortgene received city rights in 1431, but disappeared in the floods of 1530 and 1532. In 1670, the area was given who poldered the land. A village developed after the Stadspolder was enclosed by a dike in 1682. In 1684, the city rights were renewed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kortgene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.