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    Zanddijk is a neighbourhood of Veere and former village in the municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands. The hamlet was probably founded in the first...
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    mentioned as the house and fortress (veste) in the Lordship (ambacht) of Zanddijk. Zanddijk (Sandick) literally means dike on the sand, i.e. on an area with sandy...
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    Dutch troops retreating from the east. At its western end was the longer Zanddijk Position, occupied by three battalions. Three French GRDIs (Groupes de...
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    become present-day Veere. Its original full name was Veere-de-Stad en Zanddijk-Binnen. The city of Veere stands on the Veerse Meer lagoon on the island...
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    consisted of three rows of dunes behind the North Sea beach, with a road (the Zanddijk), bordered by a canal, behind them. Behind the canal was a marsh, called...
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    Westerschelde Zuiderwaterlinie (Which includes the West Brabant waterline) Bath & Zanddijk Stellingen Geullinie Grebbe Line (Grebbelinie) IJssel Line (IJssellinie)...
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    was known as that of the Lords of Veere. This branch first centered on Zanddijk and the close by Zandenburg. Near the ferry to Noord-Beveland a fishing...
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    Veere. Its formal long name was 'Onze-Lieve-Vrouwenpolder, Schellach en Zanddijk-Buiten'. The former municipality of Gapinge was added to O.L.Vrouwenpolder...
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    The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Zanddijk (Large Tower)/ Groote Kaap Light - ARLHS NET-077". World List of Lights...
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    and owned just 156.5 gemet. Indeed, in 1340 Claes owned more land in Zanddijk, i.e. 640 gemets. In 1551 Reygersberg remarked that in the 1350s, Claes...
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    many villagers evacuated due to anticipated fighting along the defensive Zanddijk line, stretching from the village southwards towards Hansweert across Zuid-Beveland...
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