Eemsmond (; en,
Ems Mouth
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) is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
with a population of 15,864 in the north of the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in the northeast of the
Netherlands
)
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. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of
Bedum,
De Marne
De Marne () is a former municipality in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Bedum, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
Population centres
Broek, Eenrum, Hornhui ...
and
Winsum
Winsum () is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
The town of Winsum was ...
to form the new municipality
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
History
The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...
.
History
The municipality of
Hefshuizen Hefshuizen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen.
Hefshuizen was created in 1979, in the merger of the former municipalities of Uithuizen and Uithuizermeeden. In 1990, Kantens, Usquert, and Warffum were added, and in 1992, th ...
was established on 1 January 1979 by merging the municipalities of
Uithuizen
Uithuizen () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of 4,885 in January 2017.
The Uithuizen railway station is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.
Histor ...
and
Uithuizermeeden
Uithuizermeeden is a village in the Netherlands, with a population of about 3,200 people. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland, close to the Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vad ...
. On 1 January 1990, the municipalities of
Kantens
Kantens is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, about 16 km north of the city of Groningen (city), Groningen. It had a population of around 965 incl ...
,
Usquert
Usquert is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 1,415 in January 2017.
History
Usquert was a separate municipality until 1 ...
, and
Warffum
Warffum (Gronings: Waarvum)is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 2,175 in January 2017.
History
The history of Warffum can be traced back to at least 6 ...
were added. On 1 January 1992, the name of the municipality was changed from ''Hefshuizen'' to ''Eemsmond'', which means
Ems Mouth
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.
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Data Archiving and Networked Services, 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
Geography
Eemsmond is located at in the north of the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
and in the northeast of the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
.
The population centers in the municipality are:
Eemshaven
Eemshaven (; en, Ems Harbor) is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands.
In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary (Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the region ...
,
Eppenhuizen,
Kantens
Kantens is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, about 16 km north of the city of Groningen (city), Groningen. It had a population of around 965 incl ...
,
Oldenzijl,
Oosteinde,
Oosternieland,
Oudeschip,
Roodeschool
Roodeschool (Gronings: ''Roschoul'') is a community situated in the northeast of Groningen province in the Netherlands and forming part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017.
Roodeschool's railway ...
,
Rottum,
Startenhuizen,
Stitswerd,
Uithuizen
Uithuizen () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of 4,885 in January 2017.
The Uithuizen railway station is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.
Histor ...
,
Uithuizermeeden
Uithuizermeeden is a village in the Netherlands, with a population of about 3,200 people. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland, close to the Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vad ...
,
Usquert
Usquert is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 1,415 in January 2017.
History
Usquert was a separate municipality until 1 ...
,
Warffum
Warffum (Gronings: Waarvum)is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 2,175 in January 2017.
History
The history of Warffum can be traced back to at least 6 ...
, and
Zandeweer
Zandeweer is a village in Het Hogeland municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch provinces of the Netherlands, province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It had a population of around 475 in January 2017.North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...
. Part of the
Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vadehavet; fy, Waadsee, longname=yes; frr, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern conti ...
, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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since 2009, is located in the municipality, including the sandbank
Simonszand
Simonszand () is a sandbank between the West Frisian Islands of Schiermonnikoog and Rottumerplaat in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland in the province of Groningen.
The sandbank was originally mapped as being a ...
and the uninhabited islands
Rottumeroog
Rottumeroog () is an Desert island, uninhabited island in the Wadden Sea and is part of the Netherlands. The island is one of three West Frisian Islands in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is situated between the islands of Rott ...
,
Rottumerplaat
Rottumerplaat () is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat starte ...
, and
Zuiderduintjes
Zuiderduintjes (; en, Little Southern Dunes) is an uninhabited island in the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. It is situated south of Rottumeroog, east of Rottumerplaat, and west of Borkum. The island is one of the three West Frisian Islands in the ...
. The
northernmost point of the Netherlands is located at Rottumerplaat.
Culture
Eemsmond hosted the start of stage 4 at the
2013 Energiewacht Tour.
Government
Marijke van Beek of the
Labour Party (PvdA) was the last mayor of Eemsmond.
Transportation
The
Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway
The Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Sauwerd to Roodeschool, passing through Winsum, Warffum and Uithuizen. The line was opened in 1893.
Although the railway originally started in Sauwerd, train servic ...
connects the railway stations
Warffum
Warffum (Gronings: Waarvum)is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 2,175 in January 2017.
History
The history of Warffum can be traced back to at least 6 ...
,
Usquert
Usquert is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 1,415 in January 2017.
History
Usquert was a separate municipality until 1 ...
,
Uithuizen
Uithuizen () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of 4,885 in January 2017.
The Uithuizen railway station is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.
Histor ...
,
Uithuizermeeden
Uithuizermeeden is a village in the Netherlands, with a population of about 3,200 people. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland, close to the Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vad ...
, and
Roodeschool
Roodeschool (Gronings: ''Roschoul'') is a community situated in the northeast of Groningen province in the Netherlands and forming part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017.
Roodeschool's railway ...
to the
Groningen railway station
Groningen railway station (; abbreviation: Gn), locally called ''Hoofdstation'' (main station), is the main railway station in Groningen in the Province of Groningen, Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Zu ...
and the rest of the
Dutch railway network.
Notable people
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Willem Surenhuis
Willem Surenhuis (also Surenhuys or Surenhusius, c.1664 in Rottum (Groningen), Rottum – 1729) was a Dutch Christians, Christian scholar of Hebrew language, Hebrew, known for his Latin translation of the ''Mishnah'', the first of the complete ...
(c.1664 in Rottum – 1729) a Dutch Christian scholar of Hebrew
*
Hendrik Bulthuis
Hendrik Jan Bulthuis (15 September 1865, in Warffum – 27 April 1945, in Noordbroek) was a Dutch people, Dutch customs official, author, and translator of more than thirty works into Esperanto. One of his novels, ''Idoj de Orfeo'' (''Children o ...
(1865 in Warffum – 1945) a Dutch customs official, author and translator of more than thirty works into Esperanto
*
Frits Peutz
F.P.J. Peutz (7 April 1896 – 24 October 1974) was a Dutch (Limburgian) architecture, architect.
Biography
Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen (province), Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Neth ...
(1896 in Uithuizen – 1974) architect
*
Aldert van der Ziel
Aldert van der Ziel (12 December 1910, Zandeweer – 20 January 1991, Minneapolis), was a Dutch physicist who studied electronic noise processes in materials such as semiconductors and metals.
Biography
Aldert van der Ziel was a pioneering resea ...
(1910 in Zandeweer – 1991) a Dutch physicist who studied
electronic noise
In electronics, noise is an unwanted disturbance in an electrical signal.
Noise generated by electronic devices varies greatly as it is produced by several different effects.
In particular, noise is inherent in physics, and central to the ...
processes
*
Molly Geertsema
Willem Jacob "Molly" Geertsema II (; 18 October 1918 – 27 June 1991) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist.
Geertsema attended a Gymnasium in The Hague from June 1930 until June 1937 and appl ...
(1918–1991) politician and jurist, Mayor of Warffum 1953-1957
*
Seth Gaaikema
Seth Gaaikema (11 July 1939 – 21 October 2014) was a Dutch cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist.
Gaaikema was born in Uithuizen, Netherlands, as the son of a Mennonite minister. After studying Dutch and founding the student cabaret at the Unive ...
(1939 in Uithuizen – 2014) cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist
*
Ede Staal
Ede Ulfert Staal (2 August 1941 – 22 July 1986) was a Dutch singer-songwriter from the Northern province of Groningen (province), Groningen who sang mainly in Gronings dialect.
Early life
Ede Staal was born in 1941 in Warffum, the son of a Nati ...
(1941 in Warffum – 1986) a Dutch singer-songwriter, sang mainly in
Gronings dialect
Gronings (; gos, Grunnegs or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East Fris ...
References
External links
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Het Hogeland
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019
Artificial dwelling hills
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