Hornhuizen

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Hornhuizen
province Groningen Groningen
local community Flag of the municipality of Het Hogeland Het Hogeland
Area
 - land
 - water 		0.35  km 2
0.35 km 2
0 km 2
Residents 130 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 53 ° 23 '  N , 6 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 23 '  N , 6 ° 22'  E
prefix 0595
Postcodes 9965, 9971, 9975, 9977-9978
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Hornhuizen ( Gronings Hörnhoezen ) is a village in the large municipality of Het Hogeland in the Netherlands , which belongs to the province of Groningen . The village has 130 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

Hornhuizen was probably created as a daughter settlement or subsidiary parish of the former place De Houw (Parish Leens ). The oldest mention of the place name was Howerahusum (1247), Horahusum (1375), Horhusum (approx. 1475) and Hoerhusen (1563). Hornhuizen probably means "The new houses of De Houw", but not "Houses in the corner" (Dutch Hoek or Horn ) as it is often assumed. Another meaning of the name could be derived from the old Frisian word Hore ('Schlick'). In an old chronicle ("Kroniek van Bloemhof") it says that in 1247 the church of Howerahusum was burned down. This could be related to a long-standing armed conflict in the Frisian Gau Hunsingo , where one of the parties involved ( Eenrum ) allied with participants from Groningen and Middag-Humsterland , and on the other hand the party from Uithuizen support from the Gau Fivelingo , Drenthe and Vredewold received.

Tammingaborg Castle was south of the village . It was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. Only the name of a farm that used to belong to the castle, Tammingaheerd , and the local roads Tammingastraat and Borgweg still remind of it.

The village is located in the farthest corner of the former municipality of Kloosterburen . Hornhuizens Church was rebuilt in 1850 using the 15th century entrance portal. A kind of lantern was attached to the top of the tower, which served as a beacon for the Wadden Sea coast , which was still near at that time .

Except for a few farms, there are no businesses in the village.

Web links

Commons : Hornhuizen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 27, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Nieuwe Groninger Encyclopedie , 1999, dl. 2, p. 386. See W. de Vries, Groninger plaatsnamen , 1946, p. 66.
  3. ↑ R. van Schaik, in: Geschiedenis van Groningen , dl. 1, p. 190
  4. ↑ W. Ehbrecht, Land rule and monasteries in the East Frisian Fivelgo (970-1290) , Münster 1974, pp. 94-102. ISBN 978-3402052211
  5. ^ Former Reformed Church Hornhuizen Tourism website Groningen, German
  6. ↑ Tammingaborg near Hornhuizen