Enumatil (; or ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of

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in the

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. As of 2021, it had a population of 335. It is located to the south of Briltil and to the west of Den Horn.

Geography

Just south of the village, the and the flow into the Hoendiep. The last part of the current Matsloot from the Eerste Brug towards the Hoendiep was built around 1818. Previously, this last stretch ran from the Tweede Brug to the north side of the village and connected to the Hoendiep. The village owns three bridges over the Matsloot, called the ('First') and the ('Second Bridge'). The third bridge, known as the , is located just outside the village on the road to Leek. This bridge was completely renovated in 2009. The

corn mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separat ...

' is located in the middle of the village. Southeast of Enumatil is the American wind engine '' Enumatil''.

History

The name comes from the bridge () of Enuma (Enema, Eme; a family name) built around 1445. The village had its own chapel around 1500. In 1582, the

Spaniards Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to the Iberian Peninsula, primarily associated with the modern nation-state of Spain. Genetically and ethnolinguistically, Spaniards belong to the broader Southern a ...

built a defensive

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around Enumatil to protect the shipping route to and from the pro-Spanish city of Groningen. The municipal boundary between the former municipalities of

Leek A leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of ''Allium ampeloprasum'', the broadleaf wild leek (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of Leaf sheath, leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a "s ...

Zuidhorn Zuidhorn (; ) is a town and former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The town largely depends on the city of Groningen (city), Groningen. A railway line, operated by Arriva, connects the town with Lee ...

, and Oldekerk (part of the municipality of

Grootegast Grootegast (; ; ) is a village and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. It is the sister city of Kingston, Tasmania. The municipality was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019. Geography The former ...

since 1990) ran right through the village before the municipal reorganization of 1985, so that Enumatil was in three different municipalities. This boundary was changed in such a way that the village came to lie almost completely in Leek. As of January 1, 2019, all these municipalities have been merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier.

Gallery

Enumatil, de Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt foto6 2013-08-25 11.03.jpg, Reformed Church (Liberated) of Enumatil Enumatil - gezicht over diep richting til.jpg, View of the Hoendiep Enumatil - gezicht vanaf de brug naar links.jpg, View from the

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Enumatil - Café Otter.jpg, Former café ''Otter''

References

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{{authority control Populated places in Groningen (province) Westerkwartier (municipality)