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Mensingeweer

Coordinates: 53°24′01″N 6°28′51″E / 53.4002°N 6.4808°E / 53.4002; 6.4808
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Mensingeweer
Michaelkerk with windmill on the left
Michaelkerk with windmill on the left
Mensingeweer is located in Groningen (province)
Mensingeweer
Mensingeweer
Location of Mensingeweer in the province of Groningen
Mensingeweer is located in Netherlands
Mensingeweer
Mensingeweer
Mensingeweer (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°24′01″N 6°28′51″E / 53.4002°N 6.4808°E / 53.4002; 6.4808
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
MunicipalityHet Hogeland
Area
 • Total0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Elevation1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total135
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9961
Dialing code0595

Mensingeweer is a small village in the Netherlands; it is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen. It lies on the provincial road N361 [nl] from Winsum to Leens at the crossroads to Eenrum. The long-distance footpath called Pieterpad runs through the town and the Michaelkerk has an old Arp Schnitger organ that came from a church in Pieterburen and was installed in 1901.[3][4] The town also has an old windmill called the Hollands Welvaart built in 1855.[5]

History

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Mensingeweer is a terp (artificial mount) village from the middle ages.[5] It was first mentioned in 1371 as Mensingheweere. The name means wharf for population belonging to Mense.[6] In 1663, the village started to expand due to the construction of a canal between Winsum and Ulrum.[5]

Doopsgezinde kerk

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A Mennonite church was built at Mensingeweer, dedicated on 4 April 1819.[7] It was served by a series of freshly-appointed young ministers from the Amsterdam seminary, but in the 20th century it was increasingly difficult to find ministers willing to serve there and it was demolished in 1959 in favor of a new church in Eenrum.

List of Mennonite teachers

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Called Teacher Left
1821 Sijtze Klazes de Waard 1826
1832 Jacobus Leendertz 1837
1838 I. de Stoppelaar Blijdenstein 1839
1840 W. Bruin 1844
1846 Doewe Sieuwertsz Huizinga 1847
1849 Herman ten Cate Hoedemaker 1850
1851 Hendrik Arend van Gelder 1853
1854 Johann Peter Müller 1857
1861 A. Vis 1863
1863 J. A. Oosterbaan 1866
1868 G. Vrijer Azn 1873
1884 Ane Sipkema 1881
1897 Folpmer Jacob de Holl 1900
1901 T. J. van der Ploeg 1903
1904 E. Pekema 1907
1907 C. C. de Maar 1910
1913 F. H. Pasma 1916
1917 P. Vis 1920
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References and footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2022. Westernieland + Kaakhorn
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9969PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ^ report Archived 2014-04-28 at the Wayback Machine on church as rijksmonument
  4. ^ Mensingeweer Church website
  5. ^ a b c Redmer Alma (1998). Mensingeweer (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 90 400 9258 3. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Mensingeweer". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ^ Mensingeweer (Groningen, Netherlands) Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
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