This list of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands is an adapted translation of this list from Dutch, plus some additions from other sources. "Oud-" is Dutch for "Old". If you cannot find a name, look for it under "Oud-". Drowned villages and places in Zeeland and West-Brabant Drowned villages and places in Noord-Beveland Drowned villages and places in Zuid-Beveland Drowned villages and places in the Verdronken land van Saeftinghe Drowned villages in Schouwen (mostly in its drowned south part) Drowned villages in the Drowned Land of Reimerswaal Drowned villages in the Braakman Zeeland and West Brabant: doubtful cases Zeeland and West Brabant: drowned islands in the delta region 11 villages west of the Grote Hollandse Waard, east of the current gully of De Striene 4 or 5 drowned villages east of the Schelde Drowned villages in the Grote Hollandse Waard alias South Hollandse Waard 9 villages on the south bank of the Maas, in Brabant and South Holland, in order from west to east 16 villages north of the Maas Drowned villages in the former Grote Hollandse Waard alias South Hollandse Waard, whose locations are not known One drowned village in the Hoekse Waard Drowned villages in the Haarlemmermeer and other inland lakes Drowned villages in waters round Wieringen, listed in records as property of Fulda Monastery, late 8th, early 9th century Other drowned or otherwise lost villages in the Zuiderzee Drowned villages in east and central Friesland and western Groningen provinces Much land was lost when the Lauwerszee formed. It has been reclaimed since. Drowned villages in Groningen province See also List of flooded villages in Zeeland External links Orisant website page (in Dutch) The Flood of 1953 in the Netherlands Floods in the Netherlands Underwater ruins Floods