Wehe-den Hoorn
Village
Saint Boniface Church
Saint Boniface Church
Wehe-den Hoorn is located in Groningen (province)
Wehe-den Hoorn
Wehe-den Hoorn
Location in province of Groningen in the Netherlands
Wehe-den Hoorn is located in Netherlands
Wehe-den Hoorn
Wehe-den Hoorn
Wehe-den Hoorn (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°21′35″N 6°25′05″E / 53.3597°N 6.4181°E / 53.3597; 6.4181
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
MunicipalityHet Hogeland
Area
[1]
 • Total0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total705
 • Density970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9964
Dialing code0595

Wehe-Den Hoorn (Gronings: t Hörn-Wij) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It is a 1966 merger of the villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn.[3]

History

Wehe was a terp (artificial mount) village on the road from Ulrum to Winsum.[3] It was first mentioned in the 10th or 11th century as UUie and means temple (similar to Wye in Kent).[4] Den Hoorn was a nearby hamlet. A part of the population remained Roman Catholic.[3] Each year, several processions start in Wehe-den Hoorn to the Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen.[5] The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1553. The Catholic Saint Boniface Church dates from 1927. It was designed by Joseph Cuypers and his son Pierre Cuypers, and has a Mary statue from the 16th century.[3]

In 1679, the estate Borgweer was built near Wehe. Later it became the property of the Tjarda van Starkenborgh family who renamed it Starkenborgh. It was torn down in 1832, and only a path remained which used to be a long driveway to the estate.[6]

In 1795, Wehe was home to 327 people.[7] It became part of the municipality of Leens, however the town hall was in Wehe.[5] The villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn had merged into a single entity. In 1966, the villages were officially merged and named Wehe-den Hoorn.[3] In 2019, it became part municipality of Het Hogeland.[5]

Notable people

  • Louwe Huizenga (1893–1973), long-distance runner who set the marathon record in 1915[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2022. Wehe-den Hoorn-West + Wehe-den Hoorn-Oost
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9964PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Redmer Alma (1998). Wehe-Den Hoorn (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 224. ISBN 90-400-9258-3. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Wehe - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Wehe-Den Hoorn". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Borgweer of Starkenborgh". Groninger Borgenpad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Verdeling van de provintie van Stad en Lande (in Dutch). Groningen: Oomkens. 1796. p. 38. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Job van Schaik. "Hardloper Huizenga - een vergeten volksheld". De Verhalen van Groningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022. Huizenga was scheduled to compete in the 1916 Summer Olympics, however the Olympics were cancelled due to World War I.
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