Zwartewaal is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland, The Netherlands.

It is a part of the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and lies about 5 km south of Maassluis.

The village was first mentioned in the middle of the 13th century as "ten Zwarten Wale", and means "black (water) pond created after a dike breech".

[4] On 5 July 1351. the Battle of Zwartewaal was fought where William I, Duke of Bavaria defeated his mother and became count of Holland.

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