Rhoonse Veer

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The current catholic church, on the site of the old one, dates from 1894. Rhoon 011.jpg
The current catholic church, on the site of the old one, dates from 1894.

Rhoonse Veer is a former hamlet, located south of the Dutch town of Rhoon. The name means "Rhoon's ferry", and refers to the ferry between Rhoon and Oud-Beijerland.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Rhoon village that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Rhoon is a village that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands.

Oud-Beijerland Municipality in South Holland, Netherlands

Oud-Beijerland is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. With a population of 24,275 in 2017, it is the most populous municipality on the Hoeksche Waard island. The town is located adjacent to the confluence of the Oude Maas and Spui River.

The hamlet grew around the Catholic Church of Rhoon. After the Reformation, the Catholics in the area lost their church in Rhoon to the Protestant majority, but the lord of Rhoon, Willem Bentinck, allowed them to build a new church near the ferry in 1684. [1]

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland Dutch and English nobleman

Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, Baron Bentinck of Diepenheim and Schoonheten, was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. He was reportedly steady, sensible, modest and usually moderate. The friendship and cooperation stopped in 1699.

The hamlet no longer exists; it is now a part of the town of Rhoon itself. There is still a ferry called "Rhoonsveer"; it departs from the marina 500 m south of the former hamlet of Rhoonse Veer, with service to Spijkenisse and Oud-Beijerland.

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  1. Gemeente Albrandswaard, "Wandelroute Rhoon"

Coordinates: 51°51′00″N4°25′20″E / 51.85000°N 4.42222°E / 51.85000; 4.42222

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