Bethlehem is a hamlet just west of the village of
Rottum, 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 ...
. Since 2019, it is part of the municipality of
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
History
The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne, Eemsmond ...
.
Bethlehem is built at the location of a
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, found ...
nunnery
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
. Together with the
St. Juliana's Abbey
Saint Juliana's Abbey ( nl, Sint-Julianaklooster) was a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Juliana of Nicomedia in Rottum in the present-day Netherlands.. Louis van KelckhovenHet Pentagon van het Noorden, '' Dagblad van het Noorden'', 2012. Ret ...
a small distance to the north, the nunnery was mentioned in 1291 as the ''Conventus St. Juliane in Rotthem''.
The church of the abbey was broken down in 1658, and nothing of the abbey remains nowadays.
References
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Het Hogeland
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