Reimerswaal
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The name Reimerswaal can mean:
  • Reimerswaal (city)
    Reimerswaal (city)
    Reimerswaal is a lost city in the Netherlands.The present-day municipality of Reimerswaal is named after this city, which was granted city rights in 1374. The city was destroyed by repeated floods, and the last citizens left in 1632. Nothing remains...

     A lost city in the Netherlands
    • Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal
      Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal
      The Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal is an area of flood-covered land in Zeeland in the Netherlands between Noord Beveland and Bergen op Zoom. Some of it was lost in the St. Felix's Flood in 1530, and some of it in 1532. The Oosterschelde formerly flowed along its east and north edges...

       The now-drowned land around the city
    • Battle of Reimerswaal
      Battle of Reimerswaal
      The naval Battle of Reimerswaal took place on 29 January 1574 during the Eighty Years' War between a Dutch and a Spanish fleet. The Dutch were victorious....

  • Reimerswaal (municipality)
    Reimerswaal (municipality)
    Reimerswall is a municipality in the province of Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, named after the lost city. The municipality had 20,966 inhabitants in 2004, and has a surface area of 243.70 km² . The central town Yerseke is known for trade in mussels and oysters...

    A municipality in Zealand, Netherlands, named after the lost city
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