Niekerk
| province |
 Groningen
|
| local community |
 Westerkwartier
|
|
Area - land - water |
1.03 km 2 1.03 km 2 0 km 2 |
| Residents | 1,385 (Jan 1, 2019) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 14 ' N , 6 ° 21' E |
| Important traffic route |
 
|
| prefix | 0594 |
| Postcodes | 9822 |
Niekerk is a village in the Westerkwartier municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen, which was founded on January 1, 2019 . The population is just over 1,600. Before that, it had belonged to the community of Grootegast since 1990 . For a long time it formed a common parish with the neighboring villages of Oldekerk and Faan , but each village had its own church.
Architectural monuments
The eponymous church was built in its older parts in the 12th century from tuff stone . The tower with straps made of brick and tuff is also Romanesque , the south transept from the 13th century, made entirely of brick, is already Gothic .
Sources of information
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2019 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , October 23, 2019, accessed on February 10, 2020 (Dutch)
- ↑ http://www.volkstellingen.nl/nl/index.html