Marum () is a

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and a former

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in the northeastern

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. The municipality was merged into the municipality of

Westerkwartier The Westerkwartier (; ; ; ) is a historical region in the Dutch province of Groningen, at the border with the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. In the past the area was part of the historical region of Frisia. The West Frisian language ...

on 1 January 2019.

History

Marum is located in the

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area, and was an agricultural village. Tim van der Velden was a citizen of this 'Riviera in Grun'. He was also a very great soccer player who was transferred to Feyenoord It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake. In 1795, it was home to 351 people. Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century, the tram from

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 ...

Drachten Drachten (, ) is a town in the northern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Smallingerland, Friesland. It had a population of around 56.098 in 2023 and is the Friesland#Urban areas, second largest town in the province of Friesland. ...

resulted in further growth. The construction of the A7 motorway has resulted in the development of a suburban town. In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into

Former population centres

Boerakker, Jonkersvaart,

Lucaswolde Lucaswolde () is a linear village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The village is located between Marum and Boerakker. As of 2021, it had a population of 195. Just south of the region, on t ...

, Marum, Niebert,

Noordwijk Noordwijk () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and had a population of in . On 1 January 2019, the f ...

, Nuis,

De Wilp De Wilp ( West Frisian: ''De Wylp'') is a village in the Netherlands south of the town of Marum. It is largely located in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen, but a few houses of the village are in the municipality o ...

Notable people

Tjeerd van Dekken Tjeerd Rienk van Dekken (born 14 May 1967) is a Dutch politician and former communication employee. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017. He focuses on matters of sports pol ...

(born 1967), politician *

Aafje Looijenga-Vos Aafje Looijenga-Vos (29 April 1928 in Marum – 4 November 2018 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch crystallographer. She was a professor for general chemistry and later for structural chemistry at the University of Groningen. Life She studied chemistry ...

(1928–2018), crystallographer

Gallery

File:Marum, de Hervormde kerk RM28286 foto2 2015-05-10 15.11.jpg, Marum, reformed church File:Gem-Marum-OpenTopo.jpg, Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Marum, June 2015 File:Coöperatieve zuivelfabriek zuidelijk wester kwartier in Marum.jpg, Dairy factory File:Marum - molen van Benedictus.jpg, Base of a former windmill

References

External links

Westerkwartier (municipality) Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{Groningen-geo-stub