Zwartewaterland

Zwartewaterland
Municipality
Harbour of Genemuiden Harbour of Genemuiden
Flag of Zwartewaterland Flag Coat of arms of Zwartewaterland Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel Location in Overijssel
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Established	1 January 2001
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Eddy Bilder (CDA)
Area
• Total	87.86 km2 (33.92 sq mi)
• Land	82.69 km2 (31.93 sq mi)
• Water	5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (May 2014)
• Total	22,145
• Density	268/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	8060–8064, 8280–8299
Area code	038
Website	www.zwartewaterland.nl

File:Gem-Zwartewaterland-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of Zwartewaterland, Sept. 2014

Zwartewaterland () is a municipality in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.

Geography

This mainly rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water (Black Water). This is a short tributary of the river IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer (Black Lake). This lake was before 1931 a part of the Zuiderzee. The Vecht also flows into the Zwarte Water. Hasselt lies about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Zwolle.

Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km further north, almost opposite one another, near the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is important to the local economy.

Population centres

The most important places are printed in bold type.

• Cellemuiden
• De Velde
• Genemuiden (population on 1 January 2007: 9,985)
• Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands (pop. 6,963)
• Kamperzeedijk-Oost and Kamperzeedijk-West
• Kievitsnest
• Mastenbroek
• Zwartewatersklooster
• Zwartsluis (pop. 4,810).

Hasselt and Zwartsluis have small ports with some industry. Genemuiden is the biggest of the three towns, and is home to the majority of Zwartewaterland's population and industry.

Sights

• A small part of the wetland area and National Park "De Wieden" (see Steenwijkerland) lies here, immediately north of Zwartsluis
• Genemuiden has a big yacht basin, Zwartsluis a smaller one.
• The centre of Hasselt is picturesque, with a town hall built between 1550 and 1615 and several old houses (1650-1800).
• Saint Stephen's Church in the centre of Hasselt is interesting. This church, Late Gothic, built in 1466, has frescoes on the ceilings and a remarkable church organ. Every year on the feast of Corpus Christi a Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Hasselt is held, with a procession. For that purpose a special church was built in 1933.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website