Stitswerd 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 had a population of around 45 in January 2017. Stitswerd is located on a ''wierde'' near the estuary of the former river

Fivel The Fivel was a historical river in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It received its water from peat bogs around Kolham and Slochteren, flowed past , and , and meandered north of Winneweer. The Fivel debouched into a wide estuary of t ...

. Stitswerd has the highest postal code in the Netherlands (9999 XL).

History

The village was first mentioned in the second half of the 9th century as Stukisweret, and means "''

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) of Stukki (person)". The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 13th century and is located on the ''terp'', however part of the terp has been excavated. The church is sometimes in service, but is also used for cultural activities. Stitswert was home to 209 people 1840. It was part 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 ...

municipality before 1990, 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:Stitswerd - Ockemaheerd (1).jpg, Farm in Stitswerd File:Stitswerd - cafe van der kooi.jpg, Former pub File:Stitswerd - haventje (3).jpg, Harbour of Stitswerd

References

External links

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