Northeast Polder

The Northeast Polder is one of four polders in the central Netherlands that were reclaimed from the IJsselmeer, a lake that was once part of the Zuiderzee. The Zuiderzee project, initiated in 1920, involved building a dam and then reclaiming land from the lake. The Northeast Polder, covering 469 square kilometers (181 square miles), was completed in 1942.1

Polders are tracts of lowland reclaimed from bodies of water by constructing dikes and draining the area. Originally intended for agriculture, the polders, including the Northeast Polder, are now also used for industrial, recreational, and residential purposes. The Northeast, East Flevoland, and South Flevoland polders were united in 1986 to form the province of Flevoland.213