Doornspijk is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Elburg Elburg () is a municipality and a city in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. History There is evidence of a Neolithic settlement at Elburg consisting of stone tools and pottery shards. From Roman times there are names and shards of earthenw ...

. The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiic, and is a combination of

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and tapering land. The original village was flooded by the former

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...

in 1825, and current village formed around the church after 1829. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1829, and has been extended into a cruciform church in 1950. Doornspijk was home to 540 people in 1840. Doornspijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Elburg.

Notable people from Doornspijk

* Didericus Heineken (1730-1795), (in Dutch) a minister of the

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, and his wife Theodora Segerina van Lom, ancestors of Freddy Heineken * Anne van Schuppen (born 1960), long-distance runner *

Duncan Huisman Duncan Huisman (born 11 November 1971 in Doornspijk, Gelderland) is a Dutch racing driver. He won the Guia Race four times and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2005. He claimed three titles at the Dutch Touring Car Championship in 1997, 2000 and ...

(born 1971), racing car driver *

Anke Birnie Anke "Birnie" Rodenburg (born 1943, Doornspijk) is a 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 ...

(born 1943), sculptor

References

Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Elburg {{gelderland-geo-stub