Opeinde
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| name = Opeinde
| native_name = De Pein
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Mooie Hervormde Kerk.JPG
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| image_caption = Opeinde church
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| image_map = Map NL Smellingerlân De Pein.png
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| map_caption = Location in Smallingerland municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#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|Smallingerland}} Smallingerland
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 9.25
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9218PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 2.0
| 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=3 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,745
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Opeinde ({{langx|fy|De Pein}}) is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is a part of the municipality of Smallingerland, and lies about 5 km north of Drachten.
It had a population of around 1,656 in January 2017.[https://www.smallingerland.nl/Int/Drachten-en-de-dorpen/Bevolkingscijfers.html Bevolkingscijfers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022936/https://www.smallingerland.nl/Int/Drachten-en-de-dorpen/Bevolkingscijfers.html |date=2017-11-07 }} - Smallingerland
History
The village was first mentioned in 1439 as "Wp an endde", and means "upper end". Smallinger- was often added to distinguish from Opende.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/opeinde |title=Opeinde - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} Opeinde began in the Middle Ages on a sandy ridge along the Kommisjewei. In 1883, the canal was widened and a village developed at the bridge. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1908 as a replacement of a medieval church.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0132.php |title=Opeinde |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=3 April 2022}}
Opeinde was home to 412 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/opeinde |title=Opeinde |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Intercultural Open University
In 1980, the Intercultural Open University opened in Opeinde. The self-appointed professor Jan Roelof Hakemulder started an information and documentation centre on African culture and philosophy. In 2005, the university received national media attention when Mark Rutte announced that the ministry intended to prosecute the university for issuing fake degrees, and advertising worldwide as "one of the leading universities". Hakemulder died in 2008 and the Opeinde branch closed down,{{cite web|url=https://www.hfdepein.nl/opeinder-courant/opeinder-courant-8-professor-op-de-legauke/ |title=Professor op de Legauke |website=Opeinder Courant |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} however there are still offices in the United States and Spain. See also the insightful article "De Universiteit van Opeinde" by Rob Nanninga in Skepter, nr. 1, 2007.
Gallery
File:Opeinde, brug over de Nieuwe Kan 2008-07-05 12.06.JPG|Bridge in Opeinde
File:Peinderkanaal.JPG|Canal view
File:Boerderij van het kop-romptype.JPG|Farm of Opeinde
File:Opeinde Klokkenstoel.JPG|Bell tower of Opeinde
References
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{{Dutch municipality Smallingerland}}
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