Blankenburg (Rozenburg)

Blankenburg is a former village that was located on the Dutch island of Rozenburg in the province of South Holland.

It was located to the west of Rotterdam and to the southeast of the village of Rozenburg and was part of the Blankenburg island polder of the same name, which was created around 1600 by migrants from Blankenberge in Flanders.

The village that originated in the seventeenth century was completely abandoned in the early 1960s due to the construction of Europoort.

Moerman (ca.1575-1648), a farmer, birdwatcher and hunter who fled from Flanders during the Eighty Years' War.

After 1900 the center was increasingly located on the Maassluis side of the island, in the village that was named Rozenburg but was initially called 'De Buurt' (Dutch for the neighbourhood).