Lepelstraat
Lepelstraat is a small community six kilometers north of the city of Bergen op Zoom, and part of the municipality with that name. It has 2,342 inhabitants and 30 percent consists out of farmland. Its earliest records of history date back to 1298 where in a manuscript of landrights is being mentioned "Den Leepel Straet."Lepelstraat has always been an important part in its region's religion. From 1612 to 1875 there was a little church on an farms attick not known to authorities because Roman Catholicism was forbidden at that time.
In 1875 Lepelstraat got his first real church with a tower with an height of 68 meters. This tower got blown up during World War II by retreating German troops. The tower has never been rebuilt.
During Holland's "Great Flood" in 1953 all around Lepelstraat became flooded costing thousands of lives. The water did not reach Lepelstraat itself, making it a safe haven to the unlucky people who lost their homes, friends and families.
Even though Lepelstraat is not big, nor is it well known, it has a rich history.
