Werdenum (Groningen)

Willum
province	Groningen
local community	Loppersum
Area; - land ; - water	0.57 km 2; 0.57 km 2; 0 km 2
Residents	300 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates	53 ° 19 ′ N , 6 ° 47 ′ E Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ N , 6 ° 47 ′ E
Important traffic route
prefix	0596
Postcodes	9901, 9903, 9913, 9917, 9919
Website	Homepage of Werdenum
	Location of Werdenum in the municipality of Loppersum

Former village church of Werdenum

The village of Werdenum in the Dutch province of Groningen belongs to the municipality of Loppersum . In 2017 it had 300 inhabitants.

geography

The town center lies on two Wurten , separated by a trickle called Werdenumermaar , which flows south to Damsterdiep .

Willum in Groningen and

Willum in East Frisia

The reformed village church is a Romanesque hall church with a rectangular floor plan and was built at the beginning of the 13th century. The windows were enlarged in the 15th century. They are arched, but the group of windows in the choir has a higher central window. It is called Gothic. In the Middle Ages it had a tower in front of the west gable. It was demolished in 1878 and replaced by a roof turret. Since 1981, the church has only been a museum in the care of the Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken (Foundation Old Groninger Churches).
In 1894 a Roman terra sigillata sculpture of the goddess Minerva was found in Werdenum .

Art. Willum . In: Wiebe Jannes Formsma, Riektje Annie Luitjens-Dijkveld Stol, Adolf Pathuis: De Ommelander borgen en steenhuizen . Van Gorcum, Assen 1973, ISBN 90-232-1047-6 , pp. 485-492.
Stenvers et al. a., Monumeten in Nederland , Provincie Groningen (PDF for free download from the digital bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren ), p. 235

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