Nieuwendijk
Nieuwendijk is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a part of the municipality of Altena, [North Brabant|Altena], and lies about 8 km south of Gorinchem.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1468 as Nyewendijck, and means "new dike". Nieuw has been added to distinguish from. Nieuwendijk was a village of dike workers and reed cutters, and could originally be reached only by water.Nieuwendijk was home to 219 people in 1840. In 1970, the Haringvliet was closed off and the reeds disappeared.