Drowned Villages in The Haarlemmermeer and Other Inland Lakes
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Beinsdorp | Abandoned as the Haarlemmermeer spread. A new village in the Haarlemmermeerpolder was named after it. |
| Rijk | Abandoned as the Haarlemmermeer spread. |
| Vennep | Abandoned as the Haarlemmermeer spread. Nieuw Vennep in the Haarlemmermeerpolder was named after it. |
| Vijfhuizen | Abandoned as the Haarlemmermeer spread. A new village in the Haarlemmermeerpolder was named after it. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Settlements Lost To Floods In The Netherlands
Famous quotes containing the words drowned, villages, inland and/or lakes:
“Keep out of Chancery.... It’s being ground to bits in a slow mill; it’s being roasted at a slow fire; it’s being stung to death by single bees; it’s being drowned by drops; it’s going mad by grains.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a day, and their enterprise the enterprise of traders.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“What is most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the forest, with fewer open intervals or glades than you had imagined. Except the few burnt lands, the narrow intervals on the rivers, the bare tops of the high mountains, and the lakes and streams, the forest is uninterrupted.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)