Vrouwenpolder

The oldest cultural landscapes of the low part of the Netherlands are the old sea clay polders. These are salt marshes that have been silted up so high that permanent habitation became possible. In the Netherlands, this area was already inhabited by the Frisians during Roman times. During periods of rising sea levels, floods threatened to wipe out settlements. To survive, artificial mounds were created. These dwelling mounds, along with the winding creek remnants, are the oldest landscape elements. From 1000 onwards, closed dikes were constructed and irregular block-shaped parceling also emerged. Other characteristic elements include the crowned plots in Northern Netherlands and the drinking ponds and flood ridges in Zeeland. In the Middle Ages, large parts of the old sea clay landscape were eroded by the sea. Later, new land was reclaimed by diking up salt marshes or even higher parts of the mudflats that had been silted up again. The significant difference between these new sea clay polders and the old land is the rectangular parceling.

Dromos