Pieterburen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands, located 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 ...

History

Around 1300, a dike was built north of the present village. During the 14th century, a settlement appeared on a mudflat of the river . The village was first mentioned in 1371 as Sancti Petri when the church was constructed. Pieterburen means the neighbourhood near Saint Peter.

Overview

Pieterburen is situated on the ‘Hogeland’ (high land) of northeastern

. It is an area with

brick Gothic Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...

churches, stately farms, and endless views over the land, all the way to 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 ...

. Pieterburen is known for its Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, the vicarage garden ''Domies toen'', the old mill ''De Vier Winden'' (The Four Winds). The castle, ''Dijksterhuis'', was built in the 15th century, but torn down in 1903. Pieterburen is one of the starting points for ''wadlopen'' ( mudflat hiking). At

low tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables can ...

, it is possible to walk to the island of

Schiermonnikoog Schiermonnikoog (; fry, ) is an island, a municipality and national park in the Northern Netherlands. Schiermonnikoog is one of the West Frisian Islands, and is part of the province of Friesland. It is situated between the islands of Ameland a ...

. Mudflat hiking is potentially dangerous, and is only allowed under the supervision of a licensed guide. Pieterburen is the start of the Pieterpad, a long-distance hiking trail to Sint Pieter in the extreme south of the Netherlands.

Notable people

* Cornelis Simon Meijer (1904–1974), mathematician

Gallery

Image:Kerk van Pieterburen.jpg, The church Image:20110805 De Vier Winden Pieterburen Gn NL.jpg, Wind mill ''De Vier Winden'' Image:Zeehondencreche Pieterburen-2.JPG, Seals in the rehabilitation center Image:Pieterburen-tuin-beukstam.JPG, Beech in Domies toen

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province)