Ringdorp

Description

The ring village is one of the oldest village types and very characteristic of Zeeland. The ring villages date in a number of cases from the period before the systematic dikes and occur in the oldland areas of Schouwen-Duiveland, Tholen, Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland and in western Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. The villages, like most old roads, are located on the creek ridges. The village center has a more or less round shape with the church in the middle. An important part of the ring village is the church ring. This road or street is not always round, but sometimes has a rectangular, triangular or another shape. In these cases, it is often a street pattern that was originally a tripod or crossing of roads. By building a new connecting road, the ring shape was created. Inside the ring is the often higher cemetery with the church. On the outside, the ring has a mostly closed building. Most of the other village roads lead to the ring road. In the past there was often a moat around the cemetery, but this is now very rare (only in Dreischor and Noordgouwe). Another characteristic element in the center is the vaete (drinking well), especially still common on Zuid-Beveland. The ring villages initially consisted of agricultural buildings. In general, the farms have now disappeared from built-up areas and the land that has been released has been confiscated by non-agricultural buildings. The ring village can be built on a mound and can be compared to the Frisian and Groninger mound villages in terms of spatial structure. A ring village originally does not have a front street, this was sometimes laid out later, creating a ring front street village. One of the most beautiful and well-known examples of a ring village is Dreischor on Schouwen-Duivenland. Here is the central church around which the cemetery is located, bordered by a moat. Around it runs the ring street with adjoining houses. Outside the first ring runs a second ring of streets and houses. Schouwen-Duiveland: Dreischor, Haamstede, Kerkwerve, Nieuwerkerk, Noordgouwe, Noordwelle, Ouwerkerk, Renesse, Serooskerke Walcheren: Ritthem, Aagtekerke, Biggekerke, Gapinge, Grijpskerke, Kleverskerke, Koudekerke, Meliskerke, Oostkapelle, Serooskerke, Zoutelande North and South Beveland: Eversdijk, Kapelle, Kloetinge, Nisse, Oudelande, Oud-Sabbinge, Schore, ’s-Heer-Abtskerke, ’s-Heer-Hendrikskinderen, Sinoutskerke, Waarde. Tholen: Poortvliet, Oud-Vossemeer Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen: Cadzand, Groede, Sint Kruis

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://opengeodata.zeeland.nl/geoserver/chs/wms?request=GetCapabilities, https://opengeodata.zeeland.nl/geoserver/chs/wfs?request=GetCapabilities

Tags

  • nederzettingstypen
  • ring
  • cultuurhistorie
  • kerkring
  • gebouwd-erfgoed

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  • SOCI

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