Doornspijk

Doornspijk
Doornspijk
Village
	Doornspijk, reformed church
	Coat of arms
	Doornspijk Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands Doornspijk Doornspijk (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 52°25′9″N5°48′58″E / 52.41917°N 5.81611°E
Country	Netherlands Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Elburg
Area
• Total	19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	3,330
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8085
Dialing code	0525

Last updated April 14, 2022

Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.

The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land.^[3] The original village was flooded by the former Zuiderzee in 1825, and current village formed around the church after 1829.^[4]^[5]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1829, and has been extended into a cruciform church in 1950.^[4] Doornspijk was home to 540 people in 1840.^[5]

Doornspijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Elburg.^[6]

Notable people from Doornspijk

Didericus Heineken (1730-1795),^[7] a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and his wife Theodora Segerina van Lom, ancestors of Freddy Heineken
Anne van Schuppen (born 1960), long-distance runner
Duncan Huisman (born 1971), racing car driver
Anke Birnie (born 1943), sculptor

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References

1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022. three entries
↑ "Postcodetool for 8085AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
↑ "Doornspijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
1 2 Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Doornspijk" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9406 3 . Retrieved 13 April 2022.
1 2 "Doornspijk". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.
↑ Presentation Heineken in Elburg Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)

Coordinates: 52°25′N5°49′E / 52.417°N 5.817°E / 52.417; 5.817

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[stat-1] 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022. three entries

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 8085AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[3] "Doornspijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[monument-4] 1 2 Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Doornspijk" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9406 3 . Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[plaats-5] 1 2 "Doornspijk". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[6] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.

[7] Presentation Heineken in Elburg Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)

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