Kloosterburen

Kloosterburen
Village
Village library
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 53°23′10″N6°23′26″E / 53.38611°N 6.39056°E / 53.38611; 6.39056
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Het Hogeland
Established	c. 1175
Area [1]
• Total	32.24 km2 (12.45 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,430
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code	9977
Dialing code	0595 [3]

Kloosterburen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village developed around a monastery. Kloosterburen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Leens, Ulrum and Eenrum. During the combining of the four municipalities they were called 'de LEUK gemeenten'. ^[4] In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland. ^[5]

History

Around 1175, a monastery was established by Taco, a Premonstratensian from Mariëngaarde  [ nl ]. In 1204, the monastery was named Oldeklooster  [ nl ] after Nijeklooster, a convent was established at a distance of 15 minutes by foot. ^{[6] [7] : 12} A village developed around Oldeklooster which was named Kloosterburen. ^[8] At the end of the 16th century, Nijeklooster was destroyed by the Protestants. ^[9] Oldeklooster was closed, and the church became Dutch Reformed, however Oldeklooster is one of the two monasteries which still exist in Groningen. ^{[7] : 12}

A large part of the population remained Roman Catholic, and in 1840 permission was given to re-establish a parish. The neo-gothic Saint Willibrord Church was built in 1868–69 by Pierre Cuypers. ^[6] The church has a 56 metres (184 ft) tall tower. ^[5] Kloosterburen is the most northern place in the Netherlands to celebrate Carnival as Kronkeldörp. ^{[10] [5]} From 1926 to 1970, the Roosendaal brothers of the Sacred Heart lived and worked in a Kloosterburen convent, which was converted into Hotel Het Klooster in 1970. ^[11]

In 2011, the public library closed down. The village community bought the inventory, and operates a free of charge village library. ^[5] Kloosterburen was an independent municipality until 1990, when it merged into De Marne. In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland. ^[5]

Notable people

• Sietje Gravendaal-Tammens (1914-2014), Dutch resistance leader. ^[12]

Gallery

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  Protestant Church in 1942
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  Monastery garden
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  Village street
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  Saint Willibrord Church

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 9977PP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
3. "Netnummer 0595". Netnummer (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
4. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.
5. "Kloosterburen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
6. Redmer Alma (1998). Kloosterburen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 148. ISBN   90 400 9258 3 . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
7. M.J. Gasman (1910). Parochie Den Hoorn (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
8. P.J. Blok (1923). Geschiedkundige atlas van Nederland (in Dutch). The Hague: Nijhoff. pp. 33–34.
9. "Tussen Damsterdiep en Fivelboezoem" (PDF). Noorderbreedte (in Dutch). p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
10. "Carnaval kan losbarsten". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 24 February 1990. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
11. Inder Bugarin (November 23, 2003). "Modifica Holanda el uso de templos" . Internacional. Reforma (Mexico) (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
12. "Tammens, Sietje (1914-2014)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 July 2020.

External links

• Media related to Kloosterburen at Wikimedia Commons