Noordlaren
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| name = Noordlaren
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = Noordlaren Kerk.JPG
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| image_caption = St Bartholomew Church
| image_flag = Flag of Noordlaren, Netherlands.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village in the province of Groningen
| coordinates = {{coord|53|7|15|N|6|40|1|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Groningen
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Groningen
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| area_total_km2 = 6.92
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9479PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 8 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 2.9
| 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=8 April 2022|quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 545
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 050
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| website = {{URL|www.noordlaren.eu}}
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Noordlaren is a village in the municipality of Groningen in the Dutch province of Groningen. It had a population of around 545 in 2021.
In 2010 it was said to be 850 years old. In the past Noordlaren was a farming village. Nowadays there are still a few farmers in Noordlaren, but there are also many people from outside the village, that came to live in Noordlaren, because of the beautiful nature and rest.
Notable locations in the village include the wind mill which still operates to produce flour, the eight centuries old church, the gastro-pub at the centre of the village, and the home at Kerkstraat 17.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1254 as Northlare,{{efn|In 1160, it was mentioned as tribus laribus (three Larens) by Werden Abbey, however the villages were not mentioned individually.}} and means "northern pasture". North has been added to distinguish between Midlaren and Zuidlaren.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/noordlaren |title=Noordlaren - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}} Noordlaren is an esdorp which developed on the eastern flank of the Hondsrug and has been known to exist since at least 1160.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0088.php |title=Noordlaren |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=8 April 2022}}
There is a hunebed (dolmen) near the village dating from around 2,500 BC. Two capstones remain, however most of the stones have been removed before 1769. The choir of the Dutch Reformed church probably dates from the end of the 12th century. The church was enlarged in the 15th century and the tower was heightened. It was restored in 1976. The grist mill Korenschoof was built in 1849. In 1940, it was bought by the municipality of Haren and restored between 1972 and 1973. It is still occasionally in service,{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=350 |title=Korenschoof |website=Molen database |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}} and is used as an exam for millers.
Noordlaren was home to 378 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/noordlaren |title=Noordlaren |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=8 April 2022}} In 2018, remnants of the medieval castle were discovered near Noordlaren which were built around 1400 by the Bishop of Utrecht. In 2019, it became part of the municipality of Groningen.
Speedskating village
Noordlaren is known in the Netherlands because of the ice rink behind the primary school. Every year, the little village tries to organise the annual national skating marathon with the goal of being the first place in the country to hold a skating marathon on natural ice that year.[https://nos.nl/artikel/2153404-noordlaren-krijgt-morgen-primeur-voor-natuurijsmarathon.html Noordlaren krijgt morgen primeur voor natuurijsmarathon] - NOS {{in lang|nl}}
Gallery
File:Noordlaren - Vogelzangsteeg.jpg|Street in Noordlaren
File:Noordlaren RA.JPG|Horse in the brink (communal pasture)
File:6434.Zuidlaardermeer.Midlaren.Haven.Noordlaren.jpg|Harbour of Noordlaren
File:Onnerpolder Oostpolder 17 36 32 874000.jpeg|Radio bacon near Noordlaren
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Noordlaren}}
{{Dutch municipality Groningen}}
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