Ooltgensplaat

The village was first mentioned in 1554 as Oitkensplate, and means "shoal of Oltken (person)".^[3] Ooltgensplaat developed after the Het Oudeland polder was created between 1481 and 1483. The village has a harbour canal to the Volkerak. Ooltgensplaats became strategically important during the Eighty Years' War because it controlled the access to the Volkerak.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless L-shaped church which was built in 1847 as a replacement of the 16th century church. The former town hall is a building in mannerist style built between 1617 and 1618. It was restored between 1938 and 1939, and many of the alterations from 1839 were undone.^[4]

Fort Prins Hendrik was built as Fort Duquesne by the French. It is a square fortress surrounded by a moat with bastions on the corners. L-shaped barracks were added between 1880 and 1883. The fortress was decommissioned in 1928. In 1969, it was used as a holiday resort.^[4] The company went bankrupt in 2014, and in 2018, the fort and surrounding area was bought by the municipality.^[5]

Ooltgensplaat was home to 1,583 people in 1840.^[5] It was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of Oostflakkee.^[6] In 2013, it became part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.^[5]

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  Dutch Reformed church
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  House in Oolgensplaat
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  Former town hall
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  Supermarket