Oosternieland is a village in the municipality of

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 ...

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 ...

, 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 ...

. It is located just north of

Zijldijk Zijldijk () is a village in the municipality of Eemsdelta, Groningen, the Netherlands. It is located along the N46 road between the city of Groningen and the Eemshaven seaport. History The village was first mentioned in 1424 as "Ubba Ffockem ...

, along the N46 road between the city of

and the Eemshaven seaport. It had a population of around 100 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1448 as "Enghelbert up den Nyen lande", and means "eastern new land". Oost (east) has been added to distinguish from

Westernieland Westernieland (Gronings: ''Westernijland'') is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village is located near the Wadden Sea. History Around 1000, the ...

. The land was reclaimed after a dike was built in 1317. The village has a ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...

'' (artificial living hill) which contains a church from the 13th century. It used to have a tower, but it was demolished in 1822, and a ridge turret was place on the church instead. Oosternieland was home to 308 people in 1840. It was part of Uithuizermeeden municipality before 1979, when it became part 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, the ...

. In 2019, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Oosternieland - haventje Meedstermaar.jpg, Canal view File:Oosternieland - Oosternielandsterweg 26.jpg, Farm in Oosternieland

References

External links

* Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province) {{Groningen-geo-stub