Steggerda ( fry, Steggerde) is a village of the Dutch

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 ...

of Weststellingwerf. The village consists of one long stretch with housing and has a population of 1,049. The village was first mentioned in 1408 as Steggerden. The etymology is unknown. Steggerda is a Catholic enclave in a predominantly Protestant region. In 1759, a

clandestine church A clandestine church ( nl, schuilkerk), defined by historian Benjamin J. Kaplan as a "semi-clandestine church", is a house of worship used by religious minorities whose communal worship is tolerated by those of the majority faith on condition th ...

was built on top of a horse barn. In 1839, the first church was built which was replaced in 1921. Steggerda was home to 560 people in 1840. In 1915, a dairy factory was opened. The factory was supposed to be demolished, however a group of villagers salvaged the steam engine. In 2011, a dairy steam museum opened.

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File:Overzicht van de achterkant van het huis met gazon - Steggerda - 20421490 - RCE.jpg , Farm in Steggerda File:Geboortehuis-braakman.jpg, in front his house of birth File:Langs de Linde - panoramio.jpg, Landscape along the Linde

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Geography of Weststellingwerf Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub