Aekinga (; fy, Aekingea;
Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs ( nl, Stellingwerfs) is a Westphalian and Friso-Saxon dialect spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland and Westerveld in the Dutch province of Overijssel and ...
: ) is a
hamlet in the
Dutch municipality of
Ooststellingwerf in the province of
Friesland. The hamlet consists of approximately 15 houses with 40 residents.
The hamlet is located southwest of
Appelscha
Appelscha (; Stellingwarfs: ''Appelsche'') is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. It has just under 4,800 inhabitants.
History and background
Appelscha is a village of about 490 hectare ...
, of which it is officially a part. It is located on the edge of
Drents-Friese Wold National Park.
Aekingerzand, a sand drift that is part of the national park, is named after the hamlet. The eponymous main road of the hamlet of Aekinga runs from the old center of Appelscha, the Boerenstreek to the
N381 where it comes to a dead end.
History
In 1530 the hamlet was mentioned as ''Auckijnge in den kerspell van Appelssche'', in the 17th century as ''Aeckinga'', in 1861 as ''Aekinga'' and in 1877 as ''Akinga''. The place name is probably derived from the Aekinga family, whose name is derived from the fact that they were people descended from a certain man named Aeke.
There was a boys'
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
in the hamlet for a long time, the Aekinga boarding school. It opened its doors at the end of 1947. It was a fall boarding school. The last students left the vocational school in 2002 after it was finally decided in 2000 that the complex would be closed as a boarding school. The boarding school consisted of various buildings that were added and renovated over the years. The complex is located between the campsite and a holiday park.
References
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Populated places in Friesland
Ooststellingwerf