De Knipe (archaic: ) is a village in the municipality ()

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

in the province of

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, the

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. It had a population of around 1,455 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1622 as Nieubrongerga1. De Knipe means artificial narrowing of a stream, and refers to the

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in the Schoterlandse Compagnonsvaart. There used to be two settlements: Boven-Knijpe which was also known as Nieuw

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and Beneden Knijpe also Nieuw Brongerga. In 1970, both settlements were joint as De Knipe. The Protestant Church dates from 1661 and is plastered white, and therefore informally called White Church. The

Mennonite Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...

church dates from 1751. In 1840, Boven-Knijpe was home to 571 people and Beneden-Knijpe had a population of 643 people.

Gallery

File:De Knijpe vaart.JPG, Canal view Herfoarme tsjerke De Knipe 2009.JPG, Protestant church File:De Knipe, Fermanje oan de Ds. Veenweg 61.jpg, Mennonite church File:De oogst van vezelhennep.jpg, Hemp harvest

References

External links

Populated places in Friesland Heerenveen {{Friesland-geo-stub