Nieuwerkerk (Schouwen-Duiveland)

Nieuwerkerk is a village in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The village had 2,680 residents on 1 January 2020. Nieuwerkerk was an independent municipality until 1961, when it merged into the municipality Duiveland, and it merged again into the municipality Schouwen-Duiveland in 1997.
History.
Nieuwerkerk was created in the 12th century. It was a split-off from Ouwerkerk. The fifteenth-century Protestant church, originally dedicated to John (evangelist), has an 6 sided tower. It was rebuild in 1975 on the foundations of the original tower, which was blown up in 1945 by the Germans.
During the North Sea flood of 1953, approximately 265 of the 1,800 residents drowned or went missing.
Churches.
There are 4 church congregations in Nieuwerkerk:
In the Molenstraat is a small church for the Katholieke Apostolische Gemeente. However, this church is almost never used.