Heiligerlee
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| name = Heiligerlee
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| image_skyline = Heiligerlee, kerkje van de Graaf Adolf stichting foto2 2012-09-01 16.29.jpg
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| subdivision_name1 = Groningen
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| subdivision_name2 = Oldambt
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| area_total_km2 = 2.34
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9677PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 8 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 1.9
| 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=9 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,350
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Heiligerlee ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦɛiləɣərˈleː|lang}}; {{langx|gos|Kloosterholt}} {{IPA|gos|ˈkloʊstərɦɔːɫt|}}) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen bordering the town of Winschoten, it is part of the municipality of Oldambt. It was the site of the 1536 Battle and the 1568 Battle of Heiligerlee
History
From the year 1230 till the year 1594 a Norbertine nunnery (Mons Sinaï) stood in the village, the name of which is currently used as the name of the village Christian primary school.
The 1536 Battle of Heiligerlee was part of the Guelders Wars. The Danish allies of Guelders were defeated by Habsburg forces.
The 1568 Battle of Heiligerlee was the first battle that the Dutch rebels won against the Spanish. The army led by Louis and Adolf of Nassau defeated the Spanish, but politically it was no success. Adolf even died during the fight. It was the first battle of importance fought in the Eighty Years' War, and therefore often marked as its beginning.{{Cite web|url=https://historiek.net/slag-bij-heiligerlee-1568/69188/|title=Slag bij Heiligerlee (1568) - Begin van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog|date=2018-05-23|website=Historiek|language=nl|access-date=2019-05-31}}
On the 300th anniversary of the battle in 1868 the then ruling king William III of the Netherlands revealed a monument in commemoration of the battle.
From 1908 to 1934, the Heiligerlee railway stop on the Harlingen-Nieuweschans railway was located in the village.[http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=heiligerlee Stopplaats Heiligerlee] (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
Notable people
- Tjapko van Bergen (1903–1944), rower
Gallery
Image:Monument Battle of Heiligerlee.jpeg|Battle of Heiligerlee monument
File:Heiligerlee - Klokkengieterijmuseum.jpg|Bell museum
File:Museum Slag bij Heiligerlee, Heiligerlee (2017).jpg|Battle of Heiligerlee museum
File:De Hessenbril.jpg|House De Hessenbril
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Heiligerlee}}
{{Dutch municipality Oldambt}}
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