Haren (Groningen)
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 Groningen
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 Groningen
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Area - land - water |
50.73 km 2 45.41 km 2 5.32 km 2 |
| Residents | 20,106 (Sep 30, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 10 ′ N , 6 ° 36 ′ E |
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| prefix | 050 |
| Postcodes | 9479, 9751-9753, 9755-9756 |
| Website | Homepage of Haren |
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Haren ( ) was a municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen . On September 30, 2018, it had 20,106 inhabitants. On January 1, 2019, Haren and Ten Boer were affiliated to the municipality of Groningen .
places
The municipality of Haren included the extensive village of the same name, where the municipal administration has its seat, and the following localities and villages: Essen, Glimmen, Noordlaren, Onnen and Paterswolde (partially).
Location, transport and economy
Haren is located immediately (only about 3.5 km) south of the provincial capital Groningen , as the suburb of which it can be described. It has a train station on the Groningen – Assen – Zwolle line . To the west of the village of Haren, the A28 motorway runs between the same towns. The airport Groningen in Eelde is only a few kilometers from Haren.
In Haren, the biological center was a campus of the University of Groningen , on which the biological faculty and a botanical garden (Hortus Haren) were housed. The beautifully situated village on the edge of a partly wooded hill ( Hondsrug; this only 10-20 meter high "chain of hills" continues in the neighboring province of Drenthe in a south-easterly direction ) is inhabited by many, often wealthy people who go to work every day City of Groningen commute. Water sports tourism is also important because of the proximity to two lakes.
history
People lived in this area as early as the Neolithic Age . South of Haren is the only megalithic barrow in the Netherlands outside the province of Drenthe, where there are 50 of these megalithic monuments . Also from the Roman period are the archaeologists few discoveries were made.
Around 1040 the bishop of Utrecht acquired the area of today's Haren parish called Gorecht . The city of Groningen leased it from him since 1392 and finally bought it from him in 1460 ; Haren belonged to the " Ommeland " (surrounding area) of Groningen.
Between 1215 and 1594 there was a nuns monastery of Cistercian nuns . The Reformation also prevailed here, but without much violence; the last Catholic pastor himself converted to Calvinism and was now allowed to continue to exercise his office as "dominee"; the last ten nuns received a pension and were left in peace.
The predominance of the city of Groningen was felt to be oppressive in Haren in the 18th century . The French Revolution in 1785 was the occasion for a successful uprising. When the French invaded a few years later, Haren soon became an independent municipality. Growth and prosperity came when more and more wealthy Groningers settled in Haren in the 20th century . But the northern quarter, Helpman, had to be given back to the city of Groningen.
On May 23, 1977, on the border with the province of Drenthe, between Glimmen and De Punt, the South Moluccas independence fighters took hostages on the Groningen – Assen train. This was violently ended on June 11th by a special unit of the Dutch military, the Corps Mariniers , in which six of the hostage-takers and two passengers were killed. In the Netherlands, the otherwise peaceful village hit national headlines again in the summer of 2012 when there were serious riots with several hundred young people looting local shops in the vicinity of a birthday party announced on Facebook (so-called “Project X”). In the aftermath, the very cautious demeanor of the police, who used a strongly de-escalating strategy and did not intervene in the looting of the local supermarket, was criticized.
Attractions
- Nicolaaskerk
- the botanical garden " Hortus Haren ", with u. a. a splendidly landscaped Chinese garden with help from China itself; the Hortus has many events every season, including for children, including many about Chinese culture. The Hortus is just north of the village of Haren.
- To the west of the motorway is the Paterswolder Meer, a lake with water sports.
- South of Haren, near the village of Noordlaren, lies the even larger Zuidlaarder Meer (see also: Zuidlaren ).
- The beautiful surroundings, rich in small nature areas, are well suited for cycling and hiking.
- South of Haren, in Glimmen, there is a golf course .
politics
fusion
Haren was incorporated into Groningen with the municipality of Ten Boer on January 1, 2019 .
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The municipal council was formed as follows from 2002 until the municipality was dissolved:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| D66 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Gezond mind Haren | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| VVD | 5 | 4th | 4th | 2 |
| CDA | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| PvdA | 3 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
| GroenLinks | 3 | 4th | 2 | 2 |
| ChristenUnie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberaal Haren | - | - | - | 0 |
| Lijst-Berghuis | - | - | - | 0 |
| total | 17th | 17th | 17th | 17th |
Due to the merger on January 1, 2019, the elections for the council of the (new) municipality of Groningen took place on November 21, 2018.
mayor
From May 1, 2015 until the municipality was dissolved, Pieter van Veen ( VVD ) was acting mayor of the municipality. At his college , the Assistant Secretary Michiel Verbeek (included D66 ), Mathilde Stiekema ( CDA ) and the church secretary Madelon de Wilde.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Henk Nijdam (1935–2009), cyclist, athlete of the year 1962 of the Netherlands
- Allard Schröder (* 1946), writer
- Cees Dekker (* 1959), physicist and university professor
- Marius Anton van Willigen (* 1962), theologian
- Annemiek de Haan (* 1981), rower, three-time Olympic medalist
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- Website of the Hortus Haren (German, Dutch)
- Groningen Airport website (German, Dutch, English, Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed January 1, 2019 (Dutch)
- ↑ a b Tweede Kamer besluit: Haren moet fuseren met Groningen en Ten Boer. In: RTV Noord . April 24, 2018, accessed June 26, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2010 2014 , accessed on June 26, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2002 2006 2010 2014 , accessed on June 26, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Herindelingen Kiesraad , accessed on June 26, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Pieter van Veen wordt warns of burgemeester Haren. In: RTV Drenthe. April 1, 2015, accessed June 26, 2018 (Dutch).
- ^ College Gemeente Haren, accessed June 26, 2018 (Dutch)