Sint Annaparochie
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| name = Sint Annaparochie
| native_name = {{native name|fy|Sint-Anne}}
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Van Harenskerk Sint-Annaparochie.jpg
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| image_caption = Van Harens church
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| image_map = Map NL Bilt Sint Anne.png
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| map_caption = Location in het Bildt municipality
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 26.41
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9076AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.9
| 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=3 April 2022}}
| population_total = 4,830
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Sint Annaparochie ({{IPA|nl|sɪnt ˈɑnaːpaːˌrɔxi|lang}}; {{langx|fy|label=West Frisian and Bildts|Sint-Anne}}) is a village in the municipality of Waadhoeke in Friesland, Netherlands. It lies approximately {{cvt|15|km|mi|0}} northwest of Leeuwarden and had approximately 4,830 inhabitants in 2021. The village is named after Saint Anne, the mother of Mary.
History
The village was first mentioned after 1570 as "altoenae, s. annen parochie", and means "parish of Saint Anne". It was originally called Altoenae after the estate {{ill|Altena, Delft|nl|Altena (Delft)|lt=Altena}} near Delft which was the neighbourhood where Dirk Oem van Wijngaarden, one of the first settlers, grew up.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/sintannaparochie |title=Sint Annaparochie - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}}
In 1504, a deal was struck between George, Duke of Saxony and four noblemen from Holland to polder the Middelzee. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/sintjacobiparochie |title=Sint Jacobiparochie - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} and the village was created by the reclamation of the Bildt. The village was founded as one of the three settlements where the workers involved in the reclamation of the Bildt lived. Sint Annaparochie turned into a linear settlement at the intersection of the Middelweg with the Noordervaart.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0161.php |title=Sint Annaparochie |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=3 April 2022}} The village became the capital of the municipality of het Bildt. Though it is located in the province of Friesland, the principal language spoken in the town is Bildts or Dutch, not West Frisian.
Rembrandt was married in the parish church in St. Annaparochie in 1634. That early church was replaced in 1682 by a church was modelled after the church of Willemstad.
Sint Annaparochie was home to 2,421 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/sint-annaparochie |title=Sint Annoparochie |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} Beach house Den Bildtpollen was built to the north of Sint Annaparochie in 1899 as residential home and conference centre in Renaissance Revival style. There used to be a station on the North Friesland Railway which opened in 1902 and closed to passengers in December 1940.{{cite web|url=http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=stannaparochie&vraag=annaparochie |title=station St. Annaparochie |website=Stationweb |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} Until 2018, the village was part of het Bildt municipality.
Gallery
File:Bosch 2.jpg|House in Sint Annaparochie
File:Voorgevel - Sint Annaparochie - 20022860 - RCE.jpg|Shops in Sint Annaparochie (1968)
File:CSG Ulbe van Houten Sint Annaparochie.jpg|Canteen of the high school
File:Statenweg.jpg|House in Sint Annaparochie
References
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External links
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{{Dutch municipality Waadhoeke}}
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