Den Osse
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Den Osse | |
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Hamlet | |
 Yacht of Laura Dekker in the harbour of Den Osse | |
  Den Osse Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands  Den Osse Den Osse (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′25″N 3°53′05″E / 51.7403°N 3.8846°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Municipality | Schouwen-Duiveland |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4323[1] |
| Dialing code | 0111[1] |
Den Osse is a hamlet in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, in Zeeland, Netherlands. It is located on the Grevelingen between Scharendijke and Brouwershaven and is the northernmost place of Zeeland.
Den Osse is not a statistical entity but it has its own place name signs.[2] The postal authorities have placed it under Brouwershaven.[1] There are only about 15 houses for permanent residence.[3] Den Osse had become a holiday resort and marina. It has multiple holiday parks including a former Landal Greenpark.
Den Osse is a popular diving location known for having dahlia anemones.
The hamlet has its own harbour including a jetty for Dutch Navy vessels, used for diving trainings.
Den Osse was first visible on a map of 1636 as "Osse Steert", after the name of an inn.[4]
The place belonged to Klaaskinderkerke in the past. When that municipality was abolished in 1813, it became, also like Brijdorpe and Looperskapelle, part of Duivendijke.
Den Osse was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953. Due to the flood the village shrank because destroyed houses were demolished and not rebuilt. At the parking lot of the diving site on the Nieuwe Kerkweg is a sign commemorating the shrinkage.[5]
After Duivendijke was abolished in 1961, Den Osse became part of Brouwershaven. Since 1997, it has been part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, just like the rest of the island.
Monuments
The long Muralt Wall on the old sea dike that runs from Scharendijke to Den Osse along the Grevelingen is the most impressive example of Muralt Wall. For this reason, it is the only one in Zeeland that is protected as a Rijksmonument. The structure begins to the west of Scharendijke, near the small pavilion (‘Koepeltje’) and continues to Den Osse (Langendijk). At this end on the landward side, there are inlagen and cart tracks dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.[6]
Diving
Den Osse is a popular diving location with increasing popularity during the 2010s and the diving parking lot was expanded.[7] The water is known for having dahlia anemones and there was a special route to see multiple of them.[8][9]