Editing Veere

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 |title = Burgemeester drs. F.J. (Frederiek) Schouwenaar
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[[File:Gem-Veere-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Municipality of Veere in 2015'']]

'''Veere''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈveːrə|lang|251 Veere.ogg}}; {{langx|zea|label=[[Zeelandic]]|Ter Veere}}) is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern [[Netherlands]], in the region of [[Walcheren]] in the province of [[Zeeland]].

== History ==
The name ''Veere'' means "ferry":  Wolfert Van Borssele established a ferry and ferry house there in 1281. This ferry he called the "camper-veer" or "Ferry of Campu" by which name Camphire it was known, at least in England, until the seventeenth century.<ref>National Archives (UK) E190/433/12</ref> It eventually became known as "de Veer". In the same year 1281 Wolfert also built the castle Sandenburg on one of the dikes he had built. On 12 November 1282, Count Floris V. thereupon issued a charter by which Wolfert received the sovereignty to the land and castle with the ferry and ferry house. From that time on Wolfert was given the title of Lord Van der Veer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veerhuis.org/genealogy/NethBook/NetherlandsBook.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416104259/http://www.veerhuis.org:80/genealogy/NethBook/NetherlandsBook.html|archive-date=2018-04-16|access-date=2023-08-04|title=THE VAN DER VEER FAMILY in the Netherlands}}</ref> Veere received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1355. [[File:Jan van der Heyden - The Church at Veere.jpg|thumb|left|''The church in Veere'', by [[Jan van der Heyden]] (1637–1712)]]

The "''Admiraliteit van Veere''" (Admiralty of Veere) was set up as a result of the Ordinance on the Admiralty of 8 January 1488 in an attempt to create a central naval administration in the [[Burgundian Netherlands]].  To this was subordinated the Vice-Admiralty of [[Flanders]] in [[Dunkirk]].  In 1560 under admiral [[Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn]], this admiralty relocated near [[Ghent]] and in 1561 the [[Habsburg]] naval forces were also moved to Veere.

Veere functioned as the [[staple port]] for [[Scotland]]<ref>AT HOME ABROAD: ETHNICITY AND ENCLAVE
IN THE WORLD OF SCOTS TRADERS IN NORTHERN EUROPE, c. 1600–1800* by DOUGLAS CATTERALL (page 4)
</ref> between 1541<ref>{{cite web|title=Scotland in Europe|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/intro_europe.shtml|website=BBC History|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref> and 1799. In Scotland it was known as Campvere.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=David B.|title=The Stirling merchant gild and life of John Cowane.|date=1919|publisher=Morris, David B.|location=Stirling|pages=195–210|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510020985415;view=1up;seq=203|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref> Until the Anglo-Dutch wars it was an important trading port for the import among other things, of saffron from East Anglian ports such as Wells.<ref>National Archives (UK)E190/433/12</ref>

Flemish architects [[Keldermans family|Antonis Keldermans]] and [[Evert Spoorwater]] designed the ''Grote Kerk'', the fortifications, the Cisterne and the town hall. During this period of prosperity, the cultural centre was located at [[Sandenburgh castle]], the residence of the noble Van Borsele and Van Bourgondië families. Court painter [[Jan Mabuse|Jan Gossaert van Mabuse]] worked here.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veere.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=1&pagid=258&stukid=534 |title=Gemeente Veere Internet {{!}} English {{!}} Art |website=www.veere.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609041444/http://www.veere.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=1&pagid=258&stukid=534 |archive-date=2011-06-09}}</ref> The poet [[Adrianus Valerius]] lived and worked in the city from 1591. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Veere was a prosperous trading city, with about 750 houses inside the city walls then, compared to about 300 {{as of | 2013 | lc = on}}.

At the start of the [[Second World War]], there was a [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] [[seaplane]] base at Veere, with six [[Fokker C.XIV|Fokker C XIV-W]] aircraft. On 12 May 1940 the base was bombed by [[Heinkel He 111|He 111]] bombers causing some casualties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=the-airforce-and-navy-air-corps-bases |title=War over Holland – Zeeland – The airforce and navy air fleet bases |website=waroverholland.nl |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> On 14 May, the seaplanes were ordered to evacuate to France and then England, eventually arriving in the [[Dutch East Indies]] where they would be destroyed in action with the Japanese in 1941 and 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=the-afb-s |title=War over Holland – Zeeland – The AFB's |website=waroverholland.nl |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> On 17 May, German infantry of ''SS Regiment Deutschland'' of the [[2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich|2nd SS Panzer Division]] crossed onto Walcheren via the [[Sloedam]] and by 18:00 that evening, the Dutch forces on the island, including the garrison at Veere, were ordered to surrender.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=capitulation-of-walcheren-and-zuid-beveland |title=War over Holland – Zeeland – Capitulation of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland |website=waroverholland.nl |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Veere was finally liberated on 7 November 1944 by Scottish troops of the British [[52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division]] during [[Operation Infatuate]], the Allied assault on Walcheren. As part of the preparations for the operation, the island's sea dykes were bombed resulting in the inundation of much of the area. Unlike many other towns on the island, Veere was virtually undamaged in the fighting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org/veere-6-operation-infatuate |title=NL06 – Operation Infatuate |website= scottishdiasporatapestry.org |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

As a result of the damming of the [[Veerse Gat]] inlet in 1961, the fishing fleet of Veere moved to a new home port at Colijnsplaat on Noord-Beveland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://islas.ruudbijlsma.nl/wcr_en.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 January 2010 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724164639/http://islas.ruudbijlsma.nl/wcr_en.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of | 2013}} the main business of the town is tourism.

Veere municipality reached its current expanded shape in 1997, after the addition of several neighboring towns. During the course of nearly two centuries seventeen historical municipalities have merged to become present-day Veere. Its original full name was ''Veere-de-Stad en Zanddijk-Binnen''.

== Geography ==

The city of Veere stands on the [[Veerse Meer]] lagoon on the island of [[Walcheren]] in the province of [[Zeeland]] in the [[Netherlands]].

The area of the municipality of Veere is 13,496 hectares, with a coastline of 34 kilometres and a population of about 22,000.

=== Population centres ===
The population centres in the municipality are:
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* [[Aagtekerke]] (population as of 2003: 1,479)
* [[Biggekerke]] (895)
* [[Domburg]] (1,481)
* [[Gapinge]] (522)
* [[Grijpskerke]] (1,377)
* [[Joossesweg]] (20)
* [[Koudekerke]] (3,620)
* [[Meliskerke]] (1,477)
* [[Oostkapelle]] (2,451)
* [[Serooskerke, Walcheren|Serooskerke]] (1,833)
* Veere (1,520)
* [[Vrouwenpolder]] (1,125)
* [[Westkapelle, Netherlands|Westkapelle]] (2,672)
* [[Zoutelande]] (1,593)
}}

== Tourism ==
The area is visited by 4 million tourists annually. The main attractions are the beaches and [[marina]]s. The [[Oosterscheldekering|Storm Surge Barrier]] on the [[Oosterschelde]] is the most popular visitor attraction in Zeeland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veere.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=1&pagid=258&stukid=533 |title=Gemeente Veere Internet {{!}} English {{!}} Deltapark Neeltje Jans |website=www.veere.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609041451/http://www.veere.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=1&pagid=258&stukid=533 |archive-date=2011-06-09}}</ref> The [[Scoutcentrum Zeeland]] on the coast of the Veerse Meer attracts [[World Organization of the Scout Movement|Scout]] visitors from around the world<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scoutcentrumzeeland.nl/|title=Home - Scoutcenter Zeeland|access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>

==In fiction==
[[File:BrianMcNeillAug06.jpg|140px|thumb|Brian McNeill, 2006]]
The town of Veere forms the setting for "[[Van Loon's Lives]]", a book of [[contemporary fantasy]] written by [[Hendrik Willem Van Loon]] in 1942, in which the protagonists are able to magically summon the great men and women of history for weekend dinner parties, leading to often humorous incidents. The book was written at the time when Veere, like the rest of the Netherlands, lay under Nazi occupation, and despite its light-hearted tone clearly indicates the longing of the writer – living in the US – for his homeland whose liberation he was doomed never to see.

Scottish singer-songwriter [[Brian McNeill]] based the song "The Holland Trade" from his tenth studio album ''The Baltic tae Byzantium'' on the trade and cultural ties between Veere and Scotland from 1541 on.

== Notable people ==
[[File:Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek.jpg|thumb|140px|Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, ca. 1810]]
[[File:Franca Treur.jpg|140px|thumb|Franca Treur, 2010]]
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* [[Maryn Adriansen]] (1600 in Veere – ca.1654) was a boatswain and early settler to [[New Netherland]]
* [[Peter Daane]] (1835 in Westkapelle – 1914) an American businessman and politician in [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Peter de Ru]] (born 1946 in Oostkapelle) a photographer in Sweden
* [[Maximiliaan de Vriendt]] (1559 at Zandenburg Castle, Veere – 1614) a [[Neo-Latin]] poet
* [[Jurn de Vries]] (born 1940 in Vrouwenpolder) a Dutch theologian, former politician and journalist
* [[Nicolaas Everaerts]] (1461/62 in Grijpskerke – 1532) a Dutch jurist and academic
* [[Johannes Gabrielse]] (1881 in Westkapelle – 1945) a Dutch artist in the [[Dutch East Indies]]
* [[Wim Hofman]] (born 1941 in Oostkapelle) a Dutch author
* [[Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek]] (1778 in Veere – 1851) a Dutch painter and draughtsman
* [[Aert H. Kuipers]] (1919 in Oostkapelle or Middelburg – 2012) a Dutch linguistics professor who did fieldwork among [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] people of [[British Columbia]]
* [[Hans Peter Minderhoud]] (born 1973 in Westkapelle) a Dutch dressage rider
* [[Matthijs Röling]] (born 1943 in Oostkapelle) a Dutch painter, graphic designer, draftsman and lithographer
* [[Franca Treur]] (born 1979 near Meliskerke) a Dutch writer and a freelance journalist
* [[Gerard von Brucken Fock]] (1859 in Koudekerke – 1935) a classical Dutch pianist, composer and painter
* [[Hans Wijers]] (born 1951 in Oostburg) a retired Dutch politician and chairman of the [[ING Group]] since 2018.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Harbor Veere Holland.JPG|Harbour of Veere
File:2015-04-09 Hafen Veere.jpg|Harbour of Veere
File:Veere, korenmolen de Koe positie2 RM36991 foto5 2014-03-16 11.52.jpg|Windmill: The "de Koe" corn windmill
File:Koudekerke, Michaëlskerk foto5 2010-09-18 11.12.JPG|Koudekerke, church: Michaëlskerk
File:Westkapelle, vuurtoren foto3 2010-09-18 12.38.JPG|Westkapelle, light house
File:Gapinge, kerk foto3 2010-09-18 15.04.JPG|Gapinge, church
File:Domburg,_stayokay_foto7_2006-07-20_09.26.JPG|Domburg, castle/youth hostel
File:Serooskerke, molen foto3 2010-09-18 14.34.JPG|Serooskerke, windmill
File:Zoutelande, kerk foto5 2010-09-18 12.12.JPG|Zoutelande, church
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Veere}}
*[http://www.veere.nl Official website]
*[http://www.veelzijdigveere.nl Veere in the picture, Beautiful photos of Veere.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510064904/http://www.veelzijdigveere.nl/ |date=10 May 2019 }}
*[http://www.veere-stad.nl/ Website about the historic city of Veere]

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