▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁After ▁this ▁last ▁storm , ▁the ▁vill agers ▁decided ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁har bour . ▁Until ▁then , ▁the ▁fish ing ▁boats ▁had ▁had ▁a ▁flat ▁bottom ▁( b om sch uit en ), ▁and ▁were ▁pulled ▁up ▁the ▁beach . ▁By ▁around ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁over ▁ 1 5 0 ▁of ▁these ▁boats ▁were ▁in ▁use . ▁Once ▁the ▁har bour ▁had ▁been ▁constructed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁more ▁modern ▁ships ▁replaced ▁the ▁bom sch uit en . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 8 , ▁Jacob ▁Pr onk ▁constructed ▁a ▁wooden ▁building ▁on ▁a ▁d une ▁near ▁the ▁sea , ▁from ▁where ▁people ▁could ▁bat he ▁from ▁four ▁separate ▁rooms . ▁It ▁marked ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁Sch even ingen ▁as ▁a ▁bath ing ▁resort . ▁Since ▁then , ▁Sch even ingen ▁has ▁attract ed ▁numerous ▁tour ists ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁Europe , ▁not ably ▁from ▁Germany . ▁ ▁The ▁hotel ▁and ▁restaurant ▁Kur haus ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁village ▁attract ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Dutch ▁artists ▁over ▁the ▁centuries , ▁who ▁painted ▁the ▁bom sch uit en ▁drawn ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁beach , ▁or ▁fish erm en ▁at ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁Sea . ▁Notable ▁pain ters ▁who ▁recorded ▁the ▁village ▁include ▁Ad ria en ▁van ▁de ▁Vel de , ▁Simon ▁de ▁V lie ger , ▁and ▁Hend rik