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Houwerzijl (; ) is a small village in the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
; it is located in the municipality of
Het Hogeland Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. History The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...
,
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 ...
. Houwerzijl was located on the edge of land and water. Three ''
terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...
''s (artificial hills) were built south of the current village, and were one of the oldest in Groningen. The hills contained fertile soil, and large parts have been excavated, and only fragments remain. It was first mentioned in 1347 as Fredericus de Howersyle. The name means the
lock Lock(s) or Locked may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainme ...
(''zijl'') of the estate (''Houw'') of Fredericus. The lock was demolished in 1728, because it was no longer needed, and only the house of the operator remains. The Theefabriek is a tea museum and tearoom in the village.


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File:Houwerzijl - Hoofdstraat 29.jpg, Village street File:Voor-en zijgevel - Houwerzijl - 20118130 - RCE.jpg, House (1975) File:Ol Weem terpenkerkhof.jpg, Cemetery on a terp


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Houwerzijl
website with information about the village Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province) {{Groningen-geo-stub