List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands
- List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands
This list is an adapted translation of [http://www.orisant.com/verdronken/lijst.htm this list] from Dutch, plus some additions from other sources.
"Oud-" is Dutch for "Old". If you cannot find a name, look for it under "Oud-".
Drowned villages and places in Zeeland and West-Brabant
Drowned villages and places in the Verdronken land van Saeftinghe
Drowned villages in the Braakman
11 villages west of the Grote Hollandse Waard, east of the current gully of De Striene
16 villages north of the Maas
Drowned villages in the Haarlemmermeer and other inland lakes
=Drowned villages in east and central Friesland and western Groningen provinces=
=Drowned villages in Groningen province=
External links
* [http://www.orisant.com/verdronken/lijst.htm Orisant website page] (in Dutch)
* [http://www.deltawerken.com/The-flood-of-1953/89.html The Flood of 1953 in the Netherlands]
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