Heerjansdam

Heerjansdam is a muncipalti north of the Oude Maas in the Zwijndrechtse Waard in South Holland and a part of the municipality of Zwijndrecht, but additionally is based strongly on the municipality of Barendrecht in phrases of facilities. The name Heeren Heynen craft or Heren Heyenland appears for the primary time in 1323, in a document with which an Amersfoort abbey sold its land within the Zwijndrechtse Waard to Count Willem III. The name Heerjansdam comes from Jan van Rosendaele who gave it that name on November 25, 1368. Jan van Rosendaele became able to deliver

Heerjansdam his name because he co-financed the dikes of the Zwijndrechtse Waard that turned into set in movement in 1331 with the aid of William III of Holland. In trade, Hendrik van Brederode appointed Jan van Rosendaele, in conjunction with seven other folks that had co-financed the dike, to become Craftsman of a part of the landlord. Heerjansdam is bordered through the Waaltje in the northwest, the Oude Maas in the southwest and the Lange Weg within the north. The border with Zwijndrecht runs thru the Groote- and Kleine Lindt polder.