Kuitaart
village in Hulst, Netherlands
Kuitaart is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.
The village was first mentioned in 1469 as up Coytaerde. The etymology is unknown.
The grist mill Vogelzicht was built in 1865. In 1904, an engine was installed in the mill. The wind mill was restored in 2004.
Kuitaart was home to 197 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.
“Kuitaart” enters the record as village in Hulst, Netherlands. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kuitaart, village and Hulst can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Kuitaart” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kuitaart, village and Hulst provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1811461. Authority coordinates are 51.340, 4.034. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1469, 1865, 1904 and 2004.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kuitaart” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.