Mensingeweer
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mensingeweer
| native_name_lang = nl
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Kerk2 Mensingeweer.jpg
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| image_caption = Michaelkerk with windmill on the left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Mensingeweer in the province of Groningen
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Groningen
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Het Hogeland
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| coordinates = {{coord|53.4002|6.4808|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9969PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 8 March 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 1
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| area_total_km2 = 0.25
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| 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 March 2022|quote=Westernieland + Kaakhorn}}
| population_total = 135
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 9961
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0595
}}
Mensingeweer is a small village in the Netherlands; it is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen. It lies on the provincial road {{ill|Provincial road N361 (Netherlands)|nl|Provinciale weg 361|lt=N361}} from Winsum to Leens at the crossroads to Eenrum. The long-distance footpath called Pieterpad runs through the town and the Michaelkerk has an old Arp Schnitger organ that came from a church in Pieterburen and was installed in 1901.[http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=search&cOffset=1&cLimit=25&oOrder=ASC&cSubmit=1&sCompMonNr=24004 report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428041612/http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=search&cOffset=1&cLimit=25&oOrder=ASC&cSubmit=1&sCompMonNr=24004 |date=2014-04-28 }} on church as rijksmonument[http://leens-mensingeweer.protestantsekerk.net/default.aspx?lIntNavId=2299 Mensingeweer Church website] The town also has an old windmill called the Hollands Welvaart built in 1855.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0068.php |title=Mensingeweer |author=Redmer Alma |year=1998 |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=9 March 2022}}
History
Mensingeweer is a terp (artificial mount) village from the middle ages. It was first mentioned in 1371 as Mensingheweere. The name means wharf for population belonging to Mense.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/mensingeweer |title=Mensingeweer |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1663, the village started to expand due to the construction of a canal between Winsum and Ulrum.
Doopsgezinde kerk
A Mennonite church was built at Mensingeweer, dedicated on 4 April 1819.[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M484.html/ Mensingeweer (Groningen, Netherlands)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044852/http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M484.html |date=2012-05-16 }} on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online It was served by a series of freshly-appointed young ministers from the Amsterdam seminary, but in the 20th century it was increasingly difficult to find ministers willing to serve there and it was demolished in 1959 in favor of a new church in Eenrum.
=List of Mennonite teachers=
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| style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Called | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Teacher | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Left | ||
1821 | Sijtze Klazes de Waard | 1826 |
1832 | Jacobus Leendertz | 1837 |
1838 | I. de Stoppelaar Blijdenstein | 1839 |
1840 | W. Bruin | 1844 |
1846 | Doewe Sieuwertsz Huizinga | 1847 |
1849 | Herman ten Cate Hoedemaker | 1850 |
1851 | Hendrik Arend van Gelder | 1853 |
1854 | Johann Peter Müller | 1857 |
1861 | A. Vis | 1863 |
1863 | J. A. Oosterbaan | 1866 |
1868 | G. Vrijer Azn | 1873 |
1884 | Ane Sipkema | 1881 |
1897 | Folpmer Jacob de Holl | 1900 |
1901 | T. J. van der Ploeg | 1903 |
1904 | E. Pekema | 1907 |
1907 | C. C. de Maar | 1910 |
1913 | F. H. Pasma | 1916 |
1917 | P. Vis | 1920 |
Gallery
File:Mensingeweer molen.jpg|Village with the windmill Hollands Welvaart
File:Abelstok - gemaal.jpg|Pumping station
File:HoogholtjeMensingeweer RA.JPG|Little bridge
References and footnotes
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Mensingeweer}}
{{Dutch municipality Het Hogeland}}
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