Zwartewaterland

Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the province Overijssel inside the japanese Netherlands. This in particular rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water. This is a quick tributary of the river IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer. This lake became before 1931 a part of the Zuiderzee. The Vecht additionally flows into the Zwarte Water. Hasselt lies approximately five km north of Zwolle. Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km in addition north, almost opposite each other, close to the Zwarte Water. Aquatic recreation tourism is essential to the nearby economic system. The maximum critical locations are revealed in formidable type.

Hasselt and Zwartsluis have small ports with some industry. Genemuiden is the most important of the 3 cities, and is domestic to the majority of Zwartewaterland's populace and enterprise. Saint Stephen's Church in the centre of Hasselt is exciting. This church, Late Gothic, built in 1466, has frescoes on the ceilings and a awesome church organ. Every yr on the ceremonial dinner of Corpus Christi a Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Hasselt is held, with a procession. For that purpose a special church became built in 1933.