Capelle (also Kapelle ) is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It is located about 6 km west of Waalwijk .
6-490: The village was first mentioned in 1257 as Capella, and means chapel. The original village was flooded in the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1750 and has a wooden domed tower. Capelle was home to 144 people in 1840. Capelle was a separate municipality until 1923, when it merged with Sprang and Vrijhoeve-Capelle. They formed the new municipality of Sprang-Capelle , which existed until 1997. The village
12-479: A large sea arm between south Holland and Zeeland (or Zealand), destroying the Grote Hollandse Waard . At the lower point where the flood water reached the city of Dordrecht is the point where flood water still remains today. According to legend, the water carried away a baby along with its crib and a cat. After the flood receded, people ventured out to assess the survivors. They spotted a cradle floating on
18-505: Is now the Netherlands . It takes its name from the feast day of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary which was formerly 19 November. It ranks 20th on the list of worst floods in history. During the night of 18/19 November 1421 a heavy storm near the North Sea coast caused the dikes to break in a number of places and the lower-lying polder land was flooded. A number of villages were swallowed by
24-538: The flood and were lost, causing between 2,000 and 10,000 casualties. The dike breaks and floods caused widespread devastation in Zeeland and Holland . This flood separated the cities of Geertruidenberg and Dordrecht which had previously fought against each other during the Hook and Cod (civil) wars . Most of the land remains flooded ever since that day. Most of the area remained flooded for several decades. Reclaimed parts are
30-616: The island of Dordrecht , the Hoeksche Waard island, and north-western North Brabant (around Geertruidenberg ). Most of the Biesbosch (a big area of nature in the Netherlands) area has been flooded since. The cause of the flood was a powerful extratropical cyclone . Water from the storm in the North Sea surged up the rivers causing the dikes to overflow and break through. The flood reached
36-432: Was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953 and 42 people died. The municipality decided not to rebuild the village. Since 1997 Capelle has been part of the municipality of Waalwijk. This North Brabant location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St. Elizabeth%27s flood (1421) The St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421 was a flooding of the Grote Hollandse Waard , an area in what
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