Sauwerd

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Sauwerd
province Groningen Groningen
local community Flag of the municipality of Het Hogeland Het Hogeland
Area
 - land
 - water 		0.33  km 2
0.33 km 2
0 km 2
Residents 990 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 53 ° 18 '  N , 6 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 18 '  N , 6 ° 32'  E
Important traffic route N361
prefix 050
Postcodes 9771, 9773-9774, 9951
Website Homepage of Sauwerd

Sauwerd ( Gronings Saauwerd ) is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland in the Dutch province of Groningen .

history

The village was believed to be 500–300 BC. Chr. A Wierde built around that owes the village its name (probably. Sadewert of sod and Wierde). Today the place has about 1,100 inhabitants. Until the municipality reform in 1990 Sauwerd belonged to the former municipality of Adorp . The town hall of Adorp was also in Sauwerd. On the western outskirts of Sauwerd, the mighty Onstaborg , a castle-like property, stood in the Middle Ages , which was later replaced after destruction by a new building of the same name in the hamlet of Wetsinge 1,400 meters away. In 1800 the Onstaborg was sold "for demolition" (ie for demolition for the purpose of reusing the building material that was still usable).

church

Outline of the former Sauwerder Church

The results of archaeological excavations in 1982 showed that a first church building already consisted of a hall church with an attached, narrowed choir at the end of the 12th century . In the middle of the 13th century this church was demolished and a similarly large Romano-Gothic church, still without a choir, was built. In the 14th or 15th century, a late Gothic, three-sided choir, supported by pillars, was added. In 1840 the church building, together with the church in neighboring Wetsinge, was demolished due to its disrepair. Both villages received a common new church, which found its place between the two places.

In 1859 a church of the Christelijke Afgescheiden Gemeenten was built. After the merger with the Low German Reformed Church in 1897 to form the reformeerde Kerk , it was replaced in 1889 by today's Reformed Church. In 1945 a split resulted in the reformeerde Kerk, whose members used to gather in a garage until 1950. Only then was it possible to move into a church (Kromme Elleboog 3). In 1983, this building was exchanged for a care center converted into a church (Oude Winsumerstraatweg 7). The old church was converted into a residential building. See also List of Dutch Reformed Churches .

Public transportation

Railway accident near Sauwerd (1980)

Sauwerd is on the Groningen - Delfzijl and Sauwerd - Roodeschool railway lines . These railway lines share near the village. In 2003, a second lane was built between Groningen Noord station and Sauwerd station. This section was previously one of the busiest single-track routes in the Netherlands.

A former station building was demolished in 1975. Today's station consists only of a bus shelter, ticket machine and benches.

On July 25, 1980, two passenger trains ran into each other south of the Winsum town limits. The approaching train had left Sauwerd shortly before. This accident killed nine people and injured 21 people. A human communication error is assumed to be the cause.

Two bus routes go through Sauwerd.

Marina

At Sauwerdermaar there is a small boat harbor with berths for small yachts and motor boats. From here you can navigate the Reitdiep river .

Sports

Sauwerd owns a sports center De Lange Twee , in which several sports can be found:

  • The Sauwerd football club. With the name VV SIOS , an abbreviation for Succes Is Ons Streven (success is our pursuit).
  • The Onstaborg tennis club . It has two lighted sand courts, a concrete runway and its own clubhouse on the sports complex.
  • The DOS volleyball club .
  • The ice sports club Nooitgedacht . He owns a natural ice rink on the excavated terp .
  • the running group RaitdaipRunners . It has its big day every first Saturday in April. Then in the valley of the Reitdiep routes between 5 and 10 kilometers are run. The finish line is in the village.
  • Furthermore, gymnastics, gymnastics, karate and bowls (Dutch: Koersbal ) are offered in the sports center .

Born in Sauwerd

literature

  • Wiebe Jannes Formsma, Riektje Annie Luitjens-Dijkveld Stol, Adolf Pathuis: De Ommelander borgen en steenhuizen . Van Gorcum, Assen 1973, ISBN 90-232-1047-6 , Art. Sauwerd pp. 340–346 and Art. Wetsinge pp. 472–476.

  • The church of Sauwerd, demolished in 1840, on an old lithograph from the same year.

  • Gereformeerde Kerk from 1898

  • Former Christian primary school (main building) from 1888

Web links

Commons : Sauwerd  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ The story of Sauwerd (Dutch, PDF 1.2 MB)
  3. ↑ Wiebe Jannes Formsma, Riektje Annie Luitjens-Dijkveld Stol, Adolf Pathuis: De Ommelander borrow en steen huizen . Van Gorcum, Assen 1973, ISBN 90-232-1047-6 , p. 476.
  4. ^ Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae