Barsingerhorn ( West Frisian: ''Barregórre'') is a small city in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Hollands Kroon Hollands Kroon is a municipality located in the Northwest Netherlands. It was created on 1 January 2012, as a merger of four municipalities: Anna Paulowna, Niedorp, Wieringen, and Wieringermeer.Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations''Samen ...

, and lies about north of

Heerhugowaard Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. Heerhugowaard was previously a municipality, which merged w ...

. It received

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1415.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1289 as Bersincshorne, and means "corner (in the dike) of the people of Barse (person)". Barsingerhorn developed in the 12th century on the sea dike. Together with

Haringhuizen Haringhuizen ( West Frisian: ''Heringhúze'') is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, and lies about 11 km north of Heerhugowaard. The village was first mentioned in 1344 as Her ...

, it received city rights in 1415. The former town hall was built in 1622. It has a landing stairs with wooden bell tower and balustrade. There is a little jail in the cellar. A Dutch Reformed church was built in 1574, but has been demolished in 1968, because it was in a bad shape. Barsingerhorn has a modest

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radic ...

church from 1862. It was decommissioned in 1972 and has become private property. Barsingerhorn was home to 926 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1990 when it was merged into

Niedorp Niedorp (; West Frisian (dialect), West Frisian: ''Nierup'') is a former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia. Niedorp, as well as Barsingerhorn, loc ...

. In 2012, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Barsingerhorn, het raadhuis in straatzicht RM8673 foto9 2015-10-12 13.11.jpg, Former town hall in the street File:Barsingerhorn2.jpg, Street view File:Exterieur naar het noord-westen - Barsingerhorn - 20028038 - RCE.jpg, Dutch Reformed church (1957) File:Barsingerhorn - Heerenweg 128.jpg, Farm in Barsingerhorn

References

{{Authority control Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Hollands Kroon