Scherpenisse

A Jewish community existed on the island of Tholen in Zeeland for a short time during the first half of the 19th century. Under the reorganization of Jewish communities in the Netherlands in 1821, the Jewish community at Scherpenisse was designated as a Bijkerk or local community in the district of Zierikzee. Surviving archives of the Jewish community at Bergen op Zoom indicate that the Scherpenisse community lost its independent status in 1830.