Menroute Oost-Westroute
Menroute Oost-Westroute
Schouwen-Duiveland
Horse and carriage route
General
You approach Schouwen-Duiveland via the parallelweg on the Grevelingendam.
1. Pass the locks and turn left in the direction of the harbour.
2. Directly after the mussel monument take a sharp right and drive of the dike in a westerly direction. You go under the viaduct.
3. Continue to follow the dike.
4. You pass the Grevelingenpark, its luxurious homes and golf course. (end park Picnic)
5. At the T junction follow the right dike.
6. After turning off of the dike, turn left and follow the Dillingsweg.
7. At the junction keep right and go up the Weg door Dijkwater.
8. First road right, Adriaansoudsweg.
9. First road left, Blindeweg, changes into Molenweg.
Stopping place Museum Goemanszorg.
10. Leave the museum heading towards the village and at the crossroads turn right, follow the Welleweg.
After 500 metres you pass the Pasveersloot, informationpoint about waterpurification.
11. At the T junction turn left, Zorgesweg.
12. At the T junction turn right; Zuidlangeweg no name board!
13. First road left, semi paved; Meeuwseweg.
14. At the end left and go up.
15. Go over the dike and follow the Oostweg to Zonnemaire.
DORP ZONNEMAIRE
The Noordgouwepolder en the Zonnemairepolder developed after the water Sunnonmeri, a branch of the water de Gouwe, separating Schouwen from Duiveland, silted up.
The village Zonnemaire was founded after the inpoldering in 1401. Sunnonmeri is a corruption of Sonnemaar or Sunnemare and that is how the name evolved into Zonnemaire. The coat of arms for the village depicts the sun rising out of the water (meer). The reformed church was built in 1867, to replace a 15th century church building. The laying of the foundation stone took place on the 24th of April of that year. It was layed by craftsman Mr Jacob Moolenburgh.
16. At the crossroads in Zonnemaire turn right.
17. Continue left.
18. First road right into the Rietdijk.
19. First road left into the Noord Bosweg.
20. End of the T junction turn left, Kijkuitsedijk.
21. At the Provincialestraatweg turn right to Brouwershaven. No signboard!
22. At the garage turn right into, Poortdijkdam, you pass a parking area (left). (The parking area is closed from the 1th of October to the 1st of April)
23. You pass the Harbour Zuidzijde and the market.
Haven Zuidzijde 17.
CENTRUM BROUWERSHAVEN
In 1286 Floris the fifth, count of Holland, bought the deeds of the land from Jan van Renesse and founded a village with a harbour. At first he called the place Brijdorpersluis. In a bill of 1318 the name Brouwershaven was used for the first time.
Brouwershaven has not grown much, but nether the less the village received city rights in 1403 from Duke Albrecht van Beieren, the former count of Holland and Zeeland.
The place didn`t grow as much as they hoped. In 1599 the town hall at the side of the market was enlarged and was given a beautiful façade in Vlaamse renaissance style. The motto above the main door means; “the law is the protector of the republic”.
You can tell is it was a court house by the statue of Lady Justice. But also the board of orphanages sat here. The symbol of this is the statue of a woman with 2 children. She represents charity.
Because Jacob Cats was born here, in1577, they placed a statue of him in the market in 1829. Stone statues were rare in the Netherlands at that time. Even though it was a place with just 1500 residents, it is clear to see it is more than a simple village. The church, near to the village centre would not be out of place in a big city. The building was built in stages between 1325 and 1650 and is the largest church building on the island.
24. Leave the market, pass the former city hall and turn directly left and go down Kerkstraat.
25. Go left, then right, Schuithaven, changes into Schendersweg.
26. End of the T junction right Ringdijk.
27. You pass Brijdorpe.
At the junction “Briepe” there is an old cemetery. It is the only thing remaining from the centre of Brijdorpe village. The church was mainly destroyed in 1575 (the 80 year war) by the Spanish. This also happened to Looperskapelle. The state of Zeeland did not grant permission for the church to be rebuilt. Probably because of economic reasons. The “Platte van Schouwen” has many small villages with few residents. If a village had no church it was not sustainable. Because of this the people were concentrated in larger centers. The very small places were soon reduced to hamlets.
28. After the bridge turn left, Hogeweg.
Behind the KPN mast there is an old cemetery. Here only people may be buried who own a family plot. Originally this was the cemetery of the village Ellemeet. Here the Spanish also destroyed the church in 1575. The wall round the cemetery collapsed.
The villagers left the village and moved to the near by hamlet of Oudendijk. The name was changed later to Ellemeet. A church was never built in Ellemeet. Until the floods people went to the church in Elkerzee. A short distance from Ellemeet, the people later made a new cemetery.
29. Follow Hoge weg, to the T junction , Ridderweg. This changes into the Oude Zandweg.
30. In the village centre, before the church turn right and drive around the church, Dorpsplein.
31. At the restaurant “De Waag” straight on, Nieuwe Prunjeweg.
32. At the end of the road turn right, Dellingsdijk.
33. At the traffic lights turn right, follow the cycle path.
34. 1st road left and cross the N 59, Stolpweg, changes into Karremansweg.
35. At Oosterschelde weg follow, Plompetorenweg.
36. You pass the Plompetoren.
Plompetoren, look on the information panel there.
37. Continue the road, Nieuw Havenweg.
BURGHSLUIS
The office of the harbour master of Burghsluis is a refreshing example of recycling. Originally this was the lamp room of the Westerschelde lighthouse. In 1979 the top of the tower was replaced, because the new light installation did not fit. They lowered the top down but thought it a pity to destroy it. So they decided to use it in this way. So Burghsluis has a unique office.
As you drive around you have a lovely view of `het monument voor de redders van Burghsluis’( the monument to the saviors of Burghsluis). Between 1855 and 1945 a lifeboat was stationed here. Members of the local family Van der Klooster were the rescuers of people and for ships which got into danger at the mouth of the Oosterschelde.
Miems van Citters from Burgh was the artist who designed the monument, a silhouette of a man wearing a sou-wester carved on a large block of granite. Simple but clear. In 1989 it was placed near the station, where the men worked.
38. Near the harbour pp. follow the dike, Suikerdijk changes to Westboutweg.
39. Left round the bend, Westerseweg.
40. Under the viaduct N57 and turn left.
41. Via the parallelweg you head for the Neeltje Jans and leave Schouwen-Duiveland.
