Warffum (Gronings: Waarvum)is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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 ...

. It is 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 ...

. It had a population of around 2,175 in January 2017.

History

The history of Warffum can be traced back to at least 600 AD, and it has been estimated that the village was founded as far back as the eighth century. In 1893 a

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

was opened in Warffum, connecting Warffum to

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 ...

. It was a separate municipality until 1990, when it became a 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 ...

, which has been known as

Eemsmond Eemsmond (; en, Ems Mouth) is a former municipality with a population of 15,864 in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Winsum to ...

since 1 January 1992. In 2004 the Dutch royal family visited Warffum as part of the

Koninginnedag ''Koningsdag'' () or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. When the Dutch monarch is female, the holi ...

(Queensday) celebrations.

Culture

The museum Het Hoogeland shows life in Warffum about a hundred-year ago through a collection that includes about fifteen houses. The famous Dutch singer-songwriter

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 ...

was born in Warffum. Perhaps the biggest annual happening in Warffum is the op Roakeldais festival. This is a folkdance festival that attracts professional dance groups from all over the world.The official site of the op Roakeldais festival
(in English)

Gallery

File:Hervormde kerk van Warffum.JPG, Dutch Reformed church of Warffum File:Beeld paard Folkert S. Reitsma Stationsweg Warffum.jpg, Horse statue File:9989 Warffum, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg, Cafe Spoorzicht File:9989 Warffum, Netherlands - panoramio (7).jpg, Houses in Warffum

References

External links

* {{coord, 53, 24, N, 6, 34, E, region:NL_type:city, display=title Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province) Former municipalities of Groningen (province)