Nieuw-Lekkerland

Nieuw Lekkerland is a town and previous municipality within the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is situated on the southern beaches of the Lek River, in the north-western part of the Alblasserwaard. The former municipality covered an area of 12.Seventy seven km² of which 2.37 km² changed into covered with the aid of water. Since 2013 Nieuw-Lekkerland has been a part of the brand new municipality of Molenwaard. The former municipality included the populace centres of Nieuw-Lekkerland divided into the 2 neighbourhoods Dorpslaan and Middelweg and Kinderdijk.

The name Nieue-Leckelant seems for the primary time round 1325 and distinguishes it from Oudt-Leckelant. The maximum super constructing used to be Castle Schoonenburg. Because of its extended location on a mount, it served as a refuge for the humans at some point of floods before the reclamation of the Alblasserwaard. After 1456, the citadel became abandoned and have become a spoil. Its stays have been thereafter probable used to rebuild a church tower. Best the mount remains seen. The Reformed Church is from 1848.