Marknesse is a village in the

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province of

Flevoland Flevoland () is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the countr ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Noordoostpolder Noordoostpolder (; en, "North-East Polder") is a polder and municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called '' Urker Land''. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noord ...

, and lies about east of

Emmeloord Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, Ur ...

History

Marknesse was first mentioned in 1950 as Marknesse, and is a combination of border land and

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. It has been named after a flooded village near

Urk Urk () is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Urk is first mentioned in historical records dating to the 10th century, when it was still an island in the Zuiderzee, an inland sea that would become par ...

. The village was founded in 1946 as B. In 1943, temporary barracks were built to ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plain ...

'' the

. The plan of the village by was approved in 1949. The village has a green central axis with the

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in one corner and the

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on the other side, and the flanks contain shops. Most of the houses are oriented north–south. After the merger of the two Reformed Churches into the Protestant Church, it was decided to demolish the Dutch Reformed church and replace it with a five-story apartment building. One of the original wooden barracks is still present. It was supposed to be transformed into residential houses, but is currently in use as a cultural centre.

Gallery

File:Marknesse, protestantse kerk foto4 2013-04-28 15.51.jpg, Marknesse, reformed church File:Overzicht boerderij en schuur op de achtergrond, gezien vanaf het gras - Marknesse - 20409890 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Marknesse File:8316 Marknesse, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg, Field of flowers File:Marknesse, katholieke kerk Onze Lieve Vrouwe Sterre der Zee foto1 2013-04-28 15.56.jpg, Catholic church

Climate

References

External links

* Populated places in Flevoland Noordoostpolder 1946 establishments in the Netherlands {{Flevoland-geo-stub