Mensingeweer
Village
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
[1]
 • Total0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1 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 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

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

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

Called Teacher Left
1821Sijtze Klazes de Waard1826
1832Jacobus Leendertz1837
1838I. de Stoppelaar Blijdenstein1839
1840W. Bruin1844
1846Doewe Sieuwertsz Huizinga1847
1849Herman ten Cate Hoedemaker1850
1851Hendrik Arend van Gelder1853
1854Johann Peter Müller1857
1861A. Vis1863
1863J. A. Oosterbaan1866
1868G. Vrijer Azn1873
1884Ane Sipkema1881
1897Folpmer Jacob de Holl1900
1901T. J. van der Ploeg1903
1904E. Pekema1907
1907C. C. de Maar1910
1913F. H. Pasma1916
1917P. Vis1920

References and footnotes

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 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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