Pieterburen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen.[3]
Pieterburen | |
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 Hoofdstraat, Pieterburen, at the left the café Het wapen van Hunsingo (nowadays Bij de buren van Pieter) | |
  Pieterburen Location of Pieterburen in the province of Groningen  Pieterburen Pieterburen (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°24′00″N 6°27′10″E / 53.40000°N 6.45278°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Het Hogeland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 290 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9968 |
| Dialing code | 0595 |
History
editAround 1300, a dike was built north of the present village. During the 14th century, a settlement appeared on a mudflat of the river Hunze.[4] The village was first mentioned in 1371 as Sancti Petri when the church was constructed. Pieterburen means the neighbourhood near Saint Peter.[5]
Overview
editPieterburen is situated on the ‘Hogeland’ (high land) of northeastern Groningen. It is an area with brick Gothic churches, stately farms, and endless views over the land, all the way to the Wadden Sea.
Pieterburen is known for its Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, the vicarage garden Domies toen, the old mill De Vier Winden (The Four Winds).[3] The castle, Dijksterhuis, was built in the 15th century, but torn down in 1903.[4]
Pieterburen is one of the starting points for wadlopen (mudflat hiking). At low tide, it is possible to walk to the island of Schiermonnikoog.[6] Mudflat hiking is potentially dangerous, and is only allowed under the supervision of a licensed guide.[7]
Pieterburen is the start of the Pieterpad, a long-distance hiking trail to Sint Pieter in the extreme south of the Netherlands.[3]
Notable people
edit- Cornelis Simon Meijer (1904–1974), mathematician[8]
Gallery
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The church -
Wind mill De Vier Winden -
Seals in the rehabilitation center -
Beech in Domies toen
References
edit- ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9968AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Pieterburen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ a b Redmer Alma (1998). Pieterburen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 186. ISBN 90 400 9258 3. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Pieterburen - (geografische naam)". Etymologie Bank (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Wadlopen in Pieterburen". Wadlopen in Pieterburen (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Verordening van 13 december 1995, houdende regels met betrekking tot het wadlopen (Wadloopverordening 1996)" [1996 law for mudflat hiking] (PDF). Waddenzee (in Dutch). 13 December 1995. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ Braaksma, B. L. J. (1975). "In memoriam C. S. Meijer" (PDF). Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde. Vierde Serie. 23 (2): 229. ISSN 0028-9825. MR 0373809.
External links
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Media related to Pieterburen at Wikimedia Commons
Pieterburen travel guide from Wikivoyage
