Gerkesklooster
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| name = Gerkesklooster
| native_name = {{native name|fy|Gerkeskleaster}}
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Gerkesklooster - hervormde kerk - brouwerij klooster Jeruzalem.jpg
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| image_caption = Gerkesklooster Reformed Church
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| image_map = Map NL Achtkarspelen Gerkeskleaster.png
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| map_caption = Location in Achtkarspelen municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Achtkarspelen}} Achtkarspelen
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 5.70
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9873PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 29 March 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.7
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=29 March 2022 |quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 760
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Gerkesklooster ({{langx|fy|Gerkeskleaster}}) is a village in Achtkarspelen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
It forms, together with Stroobos, the double village Gerkesklooster-Stroobos. The double village had a population of around 1144 in 2017, with 812 in Gerkesklooster and 332 in Stroobos.[https://www.achtkarspelen.nl/inwoners-achtkarspelen/dorpen-in-achtkarspelen_44681/ Villages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422033234/https://www.achtkarspelen.nl/inwoners-achtkarspelen/dorpen-in-achtkarspelen_44681/ |date=2017-04-22 }} - Achtkarspelen {{in lang|nl}}
History
The village was first mentioned in 1240 as "in Wigarathorpe1", and in 1393, it was called Gherkescloester, meaning "monastery of Gerke". In 1240, Gerke Harkema founded monastery Jeruzalem in the village.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gerkesklooster |title=Gerkesklooster - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1580, during the Reformation, the monastery was demolished except for the brewery which was turned into a church. The current serves as the Protestant church, and has been extensively modified.{{cite web|url=https://mooifriesland.nl/gerkesklooster/ |title=Gerkesklooster |website=Mooi Friesland |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}
After a sluice was built in the canal from Dokkum to Groningen, a second settlement developed called Stroobos. There is an American wind mill from 1923 near the village which serves as a pumping station to remove excess water from the polder.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0064.php |title=Gerkesklooster |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=29 March 2022}} In 1840, Gerkesklooster was home to 342 people. The settlement of Stroobos used to be divided between Friesland and Groningen. In 1993, the entire village was transferred to Friesland.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gerkesklooster-stroobos |title=Gerkesklooster-Stroobos |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Huisjes bij de kerk. Gerkesklooster..JPG|Houses of Gerkesklooster
File:Gerkeskleaster, Herfoarme Tsjerke, putto.jpg|Marble statue near the Dutch Reformed Church
File:Friesche Vaart, Kalkoven - Gerkesklooster - 20077450 - RCE.jpg|Lime kiln near the canal
File:Jacobus Stellingwerff - Gezicht op het Gerkesklooster ofwel Klooster Jeruzalem te Gerkesklooster in Achtkarspelen, 1722.jpg|Drawing of monastery Jeruzalem (1722)
References
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