Mijnsheerenland

The main street of Mijnsheerenland is the Raadhuislaan. This street used to be dominated by farmhouses, but in recent years many of them were demolished and replaced by modern homes as Mijnsheerenland became preferred by upmarket house buyers.

• Name — Mijnsheerenland • Type — Village • Native Name Lang — nl • Image Flag — Flag of Mijnsheerenland.svg • Image Shield — Mijnsheerenland wapen.svg • Pushpin Map — Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands • Pushpin Label Position — right • Pushpin Map Size — 250 • Pushpin Caption — Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — South Holland • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Hoeksche Waard • Elevation M — -0.3 • Area Total Km2 — 16.03 • Population Total — 4,745 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 3271 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — 0186 Mijnsheerenland is a village and a former municipality on the Hoeksche Waard island in the Dutch province of South Holland with 4,435 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2006). It is located on the shores of the Binnenbedijkte Maas (Lake Binnenmaas), about 14 km south of the city of Rotterdam, in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard. It was the only village in the former municipality Binnenmaas not built next to a dyke. The main street of Mijnsheerenland is the Raadhuislaan. This street used to be dominated by farmhouses, but in recent years many of them were demolished and replaced by modern homes as Mijnsheerenland became preferred by upmarket house buyers.

After the St. Elizabeth's flood the former land of Schobbe en Everocken was re-dyked in 1437-1438 by the knight Lodewijk Praet of Moerkerken; therefore, the village is often called Mijnsheerenland van Moerkerken. The name of the village (meaning My Lord's Land in English) doesn't have a religious background but states the factual situation of the land belonging to its Lord, Praet of Moerkerken.

• Illustration — Laurentius church • Illustration — Lake Binnenmaas

Next to the centre of the village lies the Hof van Moerkerken, a medieval buitenplaats on which an 18th-century mansion is located. The Hof van Moerkerken was where the Lord of the manor lived. The Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden lived on the Hof van Moerkerken in the 19th century. His famous novel Van de koele meren des doods was written there, and it was the filming location for the 1982 Dutch movie based on the novel. The Hof is privately owned and therefore not accessible to the public; its garden, however, is open to the public on Open Monument Day.

The Laurentius Church is a gothic church built in 1445, and is located in the middle of the village. The gothic architectural style is unusual for the Hoeksche Waard.

There are two windmills in the village area: the grist mill De Goede Hoop (somewhat hidden within the village), and the post mill Oostmolen outside the core village of Mijnsheerenland. The latter is a drainage mill, and was used until 1948 for draining water from the Moerkerken polder.

Lake Binnenmaas is a lake to the south of Mijnsheerenland, providing a small beach and a yachting club located near the village.

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• Illustration — Supermarket Plus, 2007 • Illustration — N489 near Mijnsheerenland • Illustration — Windmill De Goede Hoop • Illustration — Windmill De Oostmolen • Illustration — Windmill De Oostmolen next to the N217 • Illustration — Shell filling station and garage, late 1970s • Illustration — Rabobank office, late 1970s • Illustration — Farm on the Raadhuislaan