Bath, Netherlands

Bath
Bath
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 51°24′11″N 4°12′34″E / 51.40306°N 4.20944°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Reimerswaal

View of Bath, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, the Netherlands

Bath is a small village and a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, lying on the north shore of the Western Scheldt. It is now located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 10 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom. Bath has a population of about 90.^[1]

The ruins of the church towers in the 1630s

According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,^[2] 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 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.

Bath was a separate municipality until 1878 (called "Fort Bath" until 1816), when it became a part of the municipality of Rilland-Bath.^[3]

Transportation[]

Railway station: Rilland-Bath

References[]

^ Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format.
^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 2 (B), 1840, p. 176. "Bath".
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2009-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Fort Bath". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

Coordinates: 51°24′6″N 4°12′35″E / 51.40167°N 4.20972°E / 51.40167; 4.20972

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[cbs-ge-1] Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format.

[aa-2] Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 2 (B), 1840, p. 176. "Bath".

[3] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2009-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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