Kloosterburen
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| subdivision_name1 = Groningen
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Het Hogeland
| established_title = Established
| established_date = {{circa}} 1175
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| postal_code = 9977
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| area_code = 0595{{cite web|url=https://netnummer.net/netnummer-0595/ |title=Netnummer 0595 |website=Netnummer |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=nl}}
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Kloosterburen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village developed around a monastery. Kloosterburen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Leens, Ulrum and Eenrum. During the combining of the four municipalities they were called 'de LEUK gemeenten'.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland.
History
Around 1175, a monastery was established by Taco, a Premonstratensian from {{ill|Mariëngaarde|nl}}. In 1204, the monastery was named {{ill|Oldeklooster (Groningen)|nl|Oldeklooster (De Marne)|lt=Oldeklooster}} after Nijeklooster, a convent was established at a distance of 15 minutes by foot.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0051.php |title=Kloosterburen |author=Redmer Alma |year=1998 |page=148 |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=3 March 2022}}{{cite book|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/boeken/view?identifier=MMKB24:066991000:00014&query=Kloosterburen&coll=boeken&rowid=4 |title=Parochie Den Hoorn |year=1910 |language=nl |author=M.J. Gasman|access-date=3 March 2022}}{{rp|12}} A village developed around Oldeklooster which was named Kloosterburen.{{cite book|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/boeken/view?identifier=MMKB02:000126215:00033&query=Kloosterburen&coll=boeken&page=2&rowid=7 |title=Geschiedkundige atlas van Nederland |year=1923 |pages=33–34 |author=P.J. Blok |location=The Hague |publisher=Nijhoff |language=nl}} At the end of the 16th century, Nijeklooster was destroyed by the Protestants.{{cite web|url=https://noorderbreedte.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/95612.pdf |title=Tussen Damsterdiep en Fivelboezoem |website=Noorderbreedte |page=4|access-date=3 March 2022 |language=nl}} Oldeklooster was closed, and the church became Dutch Reformed, however Oldeklooster is one of the two monasteries which still exist in Groningen.{{rp|12}}
A large part of the population remained Roman Catholic, and in 1840 permission was given to re-establish a parish. The neo-gothic Saint Willibrord Church was built in 1868–69 by Pierre Cuypers. The church has a {{convert|56|m}} tall tower.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/kloosterburen |title=Kloosterburen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=nl}} Kloosterburen is the most northern place in the Netherlands to celebrate Carnival as Kronkeldörp.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Kloosterburen&coll=ddd&page=3&identifier=ddd:011019272:mpeg21:a0326&resultsidentifier=ddd:011019272:mpeg21:a0326&rowid=4 |title=Carnaval kan losbarsten |website=Nieuwsblad van het Noorden |date=24 February 1990|language=nl |access-date=3 March 2022}} From 1926 to 1970, the Roosendaal brothers of the Sacred Heart lived and worked in a Kloosterburen convent, which was converted into Hotel Het Klooster in 1970.{{cite news |title=Modifica Holanda el uso de templos |author=Inder Bugarin |newspaper= Reforma (Mexico)|department=Internacional|page=4|date= November 23, 2003|accessdate=March 22, 2012|url=http://mural-guadalajara.vlex.com.mx/vid/modifica-holanda-uso-templos-79453696 |url-access=subscription |language=es}}
In 2011, the public library closed down. The village community bought the inventory, and operates a free of charge village library. Kloosterburen was an independent municipality until 1990, when it merged into De Marne. In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland.
Notable people
Gallery
File:Kerk en toren op verhoogd kerkhof vanuit het noord-oosten - Kloosterburen - 20125942 - RCE.jpg|Protestant Church in 1942
File:Kloostertuin Kloosterburen 21 01 01 710000.jpeg|Monastery garden
File:Kloosterbuuren leefstraat (36632214822).jpg|Village street
File:Kleasterbuorren, Sint-Willibrordustsjerke.jpg|Saint Willibrord Church
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Kloosterburen}}
{{Dutch municipality Het Hogeland}}
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Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)