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20-635: It is situated between the islands of Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland) and Schouwen-Duiveland (Zeeland) and was closed off as part of the Delta Works , a huge engineering project designed to protect the southwestern part of the Netherlands from flooding. The Brouwersdam , a dike connecting the two islands on the west, closes off the Grevelingen from the North Sea . The Grevelingendam ,

40-543: A 24-hour period. It is held in the latter half of August and attracts thousands, both participants and spectators. Achthuizen and Langstraat are other small towns nearby Ooltgensplaat. The island of Gorée in Senegal , notorious in the 18th century as a center for the slave trade , got its name from the Dutch Goeree at the time when it was ruled by the Netherlands (from 1588 to 1664). Flakkees From Misplaced Pages,

60-427: A long beach nearby, Ouddorp is a tourist attraction and has a number of camping sites. Goedereede and Stellendam both have an extended fishing fleet. The town of Goedereede has many old buildings and a tall church tower. Goedereede is one of two towns on the island that obtained city rights. Stellendam was hit hard in the 1953 storm flood and several monuments in the town commemorate this tragedy. Next to Stellendam lies

80-650: A newly restored gate complex. Herkingen lies on the south side of the island and borders the Grevelingenmeer, a saltwater lake that has been disconnected directly from the North Sea by the Brouwersdam , but still connects to the Oosterschelde which is saltwater. The Grevelingenmeer is a large watersports area with the main recreational areas on Schouwen-Duiveland. Herkingen is trying to join in with

100-499: A public high school and a Christian high school. Middelharnis has an inland harbor with a connection to the Haringvliet. In Middelharnis the old municipality building lies on the main street. In Sommelsdijk there is a sport complex with swimming pool, called De Staver . Stad aan 't Haringvliet has a small harbor with a beach. Like most of the towns on the island the old windmill has been preserved. Nieuwe-Tonge's main entry roads are

120-535: A shopping area called D'n Diek . This shopping center settled itself on a dike which used to be the last barrier for the towns from the Haringvliet. Now extensive, this dike and the area is enjoying a huge face lift. On Fridays in the summer months, there are what are called the Diekdagen (Dike days in English), with special activities like sports car racing and bicycle racing in the middle of the town. The town hosts

140-701: Is open all year round except during storm floods. Brouwerssluis is the home of a seal colony subsisting on fish transported by the seawater stream entering the water body during high tide . Connexxion bus service 104 crosses the Brouwersdam, bus service 133 (and others) the Grevelingendam. The Grevelingenmeer is the largest saltwater water body in Europe and a popular place for holidays and water sports ( sailing , surfing , diving ). Professional freestyle windsurfer Steven Van Broeckhoven refers to

160-585: Is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet , from the mainland of North Brabant by the Volkerak , and from Schouwen-Duiveland by Lake Grevelingen . Since 2013, Goeree-Overflakkee has also been a municipality consisting, from west to east, of the former municipalities of Goedereede , Dirksland , Middelharnis , and Oostflakkee . The largest towns are Sommelsdijk, Middelharnis, Ouddorp , and Dirksland. Despite being part of

180-525: The Haringvlietdam which shelters the Haringvliet from the North Sea, this dam is part of the Delta Project . On the island side of the dam a 'Delta Expo' provides a guide to the dam. The former municipality of Dirksland consisted of Melissant , Herkingen , and Dirksland. The 1953 flood did not have such an effect on these places, as they are mainly lie on higher ground than the rest of

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220-457: The 50th anniversary of this event. Den Bommel has a harbor and beach on the shores of the Haringvliet. A few kilometres east of Den Bommel is Zuidzijde, a very small town. Ooltgensplaat is the most eastward town on the island with a harbor on the Volkerak. The town has a very old municipal building. This town hosts the start and finish of De Omloop – an annual 100+ km walk around the island within

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240-493: The Grevelingenmeer as his homespot. This South Holland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Zeeland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Goeree-Overflakkee Goeree-Overflakkee ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɣuˌreː ˈoːvərflɑˌkeː] ) is the southernmost delta island of the province of South Holland , Netherlands . It

260-527: The dike on the east, blocks the inflow of the Rhine and Meuse water. Since its closure in 1971, the saltwater of the Grevelingen slowly started to become brackish due to rainwater and excess polderwater from the islands, but the Dutch changed their mind and decided that they wanted to preserve the saline biotope . Therefore, in 1978 a sluice was created under the Brouwersdam, partially restoring and maintaining

280-691: The dunes of Voorne and created a deep saltwater inlet. In the St. Elizabeth floods of 1421, this inlet connected to the Merwede and became an important estuary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The municipal council of Goeree-Overflakkee has of 31 members which, after the 2022 municipal elections , were divided as follows: From west to east the former municipality of Goedereede consists of Ouddorp (with Oostdijk ), Goedereede (with Havenhoofd ), and Stellendam . Income comes mainly of tourism and fishery. With

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320-435: The island. Dirksland was the biggest of the three and also has the only hospital on the island. The Van Weel-Bethesda hospital is one of the smallest in the country, but has an excellent reputation, confirmed by national hospital grade polls. Dirksland is recognizable from a distance by the biggest water tower of the country. The towns are agriculturally focused and also have several camp sites. Dirksland has an inland harbor with

340-423: The province of South Holland, the island's scenery and dialect are more closely related to Zeeland than to Holland . On the island they speak a form of Zeelandic , namely Goereês  [ zea ] in the west and Flakkees  [ zea ] in the east. The island was detached from the mainland when the Haringvliet formed as a result of two major flooding events. The first was in 1216, which breached

360-487: The saline character of the Grevelingen. Nevertheless, the water body life remains affected by the changes in water salinity, in the transport of sediments, and by a deficit in oxygen in deep water, caused by the levee since 1971. Benthic life ( mussels , oysters and many fixed organisms) is rich in the shallow waters in the photic zone , but the deep sediments are less conducive to marine life, and fishes in open water are rarely observed during diving. The Brouwerssluis

380-399: The tourism industry and has quite a large yachting harbor. The town of Herkingen currently hosts several of the biggest modern windmills in the country. The former municipality of Middelharnis , forming the center of the island, was the biggest of the four with over 17,000 inhabitants. It consisted of Sommelsdijk , Middelharnis, Nieuwe-Tonge , and Stad aan 't Haringvliet . Middelharnis has

400-413: The two dikes that form the edges of the town. The former municipality of Oostflakkee consists of: Den Bommel (with Zuidzijde), Oude-Tonge , Ooltgensplaat , Achthuizen , and Langstraat . Oude-Tonge was the main town of the former municipality with a considerable industrial area. It also has a large bus station. Oude-Tonge suffered most in 1953 flood and was visited by the queen in 2003 to commemorate

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