Mijnsheerenland

Mijnsheerenland
Mijnsheerenland
; Flag	; Coat of arms
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zuid-Holland
Municipality	Binnenmaas
Hoofdplaats	Mijnsheerenland
Population (1 jan. 2006)	4,435

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Mijnsheerenland is a village on the Hoeksche Waard in the Dutch province of South Holland with 4,435 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2006). It is located on the shores of the Binnenbedijkte Maas (Lake Binnenmaas) about 14 km south of the city of Rotterdam, in the municipality of Binnenmaas. It is the only village in the municipality not built next to a dyke.

[edit] History

After the St. Elizabeth's flood the former land of Schobbe en Everocken was re-dyked in 1437-1438 by the knight Lodewijk Praet of Moerkerken. That is why the village is often called Mijnsheerenland van Moerkerken. The name of the village (meaning My Lord's Land in English) doesn't have a religious background but states the factual situation of land belonging to Lord Praet of Moerkerken.

[edit] Sights

Laurentius church

Lake Binnenmaas

[edit] Hof van Moerkerken

Next to the centre of the village lies the Hof van Moerkerken, an medieval buitenplaats on which an 18th century mansion is located. The Hof van Moerkerken was where the Lord of the Manor lived.

The Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden lived on the Hof van Moerkerken in the 19th century and his famous novel Van de koele meren des doods was written there. The 1982 Dutch movie based on the novel, starring Renée Soutendijk, was also filmed there. The Hof is privately occupied and therefore not accessible to the public. The garden of the Hof is only open to the public on Open Monument Day.^[1]

[edit] Laurentius church

The Laurentius church is a gothic church in the middle of the village, which was built in 1445. This style of architecture is unusual for the Hoeksche Waard.

[edit] Windmills

There are two windmills in the village. The grist mill De Goede Hoop lies somewhat hidden within the village and the post mill Oostmolen lies outside the core village of Mijnsheerenland. this drainage mill was used until 1948 for draining water from the Moerkerken polder.