Klaaswaal

Klaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen.
The population size was 4,047 as of 31 December 2009.
History.
In 1539 embankment of the polder "Het Westmaas Nieuwland" was started. The lords reserved a part of the nieuw land for the new to found village "Claeswaal". The first buildings were built along the Voorstraat. At the end of this street, a church was built in 1566. Originally, it was built as a Catholic church, but the pastor of Strijen didn't want to come to the village as he considered the distance as too far. The community found a minister who was willing to hold the services, and therefore the services were of a Protestant nature.
In 1602 the embankment of the "Nieuw-Cromstrijense polder" was finished. Since then, Klaaswaal doesn't have a connection with the Hollands Diep anymore.