GIS Reconstruction of the Grote Waard Prior to the 1421 St Elisabeth's Flood

A GIS reconstruction of the Grote or Zuidhollandse Waard area near Dordrecht, Netherlands, prior to the St Elisabeth's Flood of 1421. The dataset accompanies a printed map and description published in Tijdschrift Holland for the flood's 600-year anniversary in 2021. It builds on a larger dataset of local administrative boundaries in the Low Countries.

Use Cases

• Visualizing historical landscape features based on the GIS reconstruction.
• Analyzing pre-flood administrative boundaries referenced in the description.
• Studying the geomorphological impact of the 1421 flood based on the reconstructed area.

Strengths

• Includes GeoJSON files with built-in suggested visuals for QGIS.
• Accompanies a peer-reviewed map and description published in Tijdschrift Holland.
• Builds on a geographically substantial dataset of historical administrative boundaries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Stapel, Rombert

Collection Method

GIS reconstruction based on historical sources and a prior dataset of administrative boundaries.

Time Range

Circa 1421

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 06:10:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Grote or Zuidhollandse Waard near Dordrecht, Netherlands.