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Zwartewaal
Sign in to saveZwartewaal is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland, The Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and lies about 5 km south of Maassluis.
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- Locality
- Zwartewaal
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 615
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Voorne aan Zee
- Population
- 1176
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Johan Hendrik van Mastenbroek - De vaart te Zwartewaal - AB9294 - Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection.jpg
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Zwartewaal is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland, The Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and lies about 5 km south of Maassluis.
== History == The village was first mentioned in the middle of the 13th century as "ten Zwarten Wale", and means "black (water) pond created after a dike breech". Zwartewaal is dike village which developed after 1180 when the Zwartewaal polder was created. A fishing harbour was constructed outside the dike. On 5 July 1351. the Battle of Zwartewaal was fought where William I, Duke of Bavaria defeated his mother and became count of Holland. Mother and son made peace in 1354.
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