Hoogkerk 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 located in the municipality of

, about 4 km west of the city.

Geography

Hoogkerk is located on the crossroads of the inland waterway

Hoendiep The Hoendiep (; ) is a canal in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen, located between the city of Groningen and Zuidhorn. Before 1949, the section of the Van Starkenborgh Canal from Zuidhorn to the Friesland, Frisia ...

and the

Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen, Netherlands, Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen (city), Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 ...

. These both connect Groningen to Leeuwarden. Another historic asset is the Peizerdiep, which supplied fresh water. In the 1980s, the A7 motorway was built just south of Hoogkerk.

History

Thanks to its location, Hoogkerk became an industrial center in the late 19th century. By 1960, there were two major industrial companies in Hoogkerk proper. Roelfsema's Oliefabrieken, later known as Calvé-Roelfsema was the oldest and was located just east of the village. It was active in cattle-fodder and used resources brought in by water. It closed down in the 1980s. In 1913, the cardboard factory De Halm was founded to the southeast of the village. The hamlet Vierverlaten in the municipality of Hoogkerk also had two major companies. It 1896, it became home to the

Vierverlaten sugar factory The Vierverlaten sugar factory is one of the two remaining beet sugar factory, beet sugar factories of the Netherlands. It is located in the hamlet Vierverlaten near Hoogkerk, in the municipality and province of Groningen (province), Groningen, ...

. The N.V. Chemische Fabrieken Smid en Hollander was active in the production of material for road construction. Shipyard Barkmeijer in Vierverlaten was a smaller company, but had a long history. Hoogkerk was a separate municipality until 1969, when it was merged with the city of Groningen.

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* Groningen (city) Populated places in Groningen (province) Former municipalities of Groningen (province) {{Groningen-geo-stub