Haulerwijk () is a village in the municipality of

Ooststellingwerf Ooststellingwerf (; Stellingwarfs: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where Stellingwarfs dialect, Stellingwerfs, a dialect o ...

in the east of

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, the

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. In 2017, it had a population of around 3,300. The village was first mentioned in 1844 as Haulerwijk, and means "canal of Haule". Haulerwijk started as a

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colony of the Drachtster Company along the Haulerwijkstervaart which was dug 1756. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1852. In 1840, Haulerwijk was home to 69 people.

Gallery

File:20171016 Haulerwijkstervaart.jpg, Canal view File:Haulerwijk Haulerwijkstervaart.jpg, Canal view File:Baptistentsjerke (Haulerwyk).jpg, Mennonite Church

References

Geography of Ooststellingwerf Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub