Wehe-Den Hoorn (

Gronings Gronings (; or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Low Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East Frisia have a stro ...

: ''t Hörn-Wij'') is a village in the

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province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

. It is part of 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 is a 1966 merger of the villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn.

History

Wehe was a ''

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'' (artificial mount) village on the road from

Ulrum Ulrum (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. History The first time the town was named was as ''Uluringhem'' in the 11th century. Ulrum is sited on two mound A mound is a ...

Winsum Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland. The town of Winsum was ...

. It was first mentioned in the 10th or 11th century as UUie and means temple (similar to Wye in Kent). Den Hoorn was a nearby hamlet. A part of the population remained

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. Each year, several processions start in Wehe-den Hoorn to the Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen. The

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dates from 1553. The Catholic Saint Boniface Church dates from 1927. It was designed by

Joseph Cuypers Josephus Theodorus Joannes Cuypers (10 June 1861, Roermond – 20 January 1949, Meerssen) was a Dutch people, Dutch architect; primarily known for his Catholic churches. Life and work He was born to the architect, Pierre Cuypers, and his wif ...

and his son Pierre Cuypers, and has a Mary statue from the 16th century. In 1679, the estate Borgweer was built near Wehe. Later it became the property of the family who renamed it Starkenborgh. It was torn down in 1832, and only a path remained which used to be a long

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to the estate. In 1795, Wehe was home to 327 people. It became part of the municipality of

Leens Leens (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. Leens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Ulrum, Eenrum and Kloosterburen. Brief history Leens is loca ...

, however the town hall was in Wehe. The villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn had merged into a single entity. In 1966, the villages were officially merged and named Wehe-den Hoorn. In 2019, it became part municipality of

Notable people

* (1893–1973), long-distance runner who set the marathon record in 1915

Gallery

File:Voormalige tramremise te Wehe.jpg, Former tram station File:Processie-marjo1.JPG, Procession in Wehe-den Hoorn File:Zicht op Wehe-den Hoorn aan de Hoornsevaart.jpg, Hoornsevaart File:Beckeringh - Huis Starkenborgh, Wehe-den Hoorn.jpg, Former Starkenborgh estate

References

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