Mensingeweer is a small village in the

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; 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 ...

. It lies on the provincial road from Winsum to

Leens Leens (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. Leens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Ulrum, Eenrum and Kloosterburen. Brief history Leens is loca ...

at the crossroads to

Eenrum Eenrum (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, 17 km northwest of the city of Groningen. Eenrum was a separate municipality until 1990, then it was merged with Ulrum, Klooste ...

. The long-distance footpath called ''

Pieterpad The Pieterpad is a long distance walking route in the Netherlands. The trail runs from Pieterburen, in the northern part of Groningen, south through the eastern part of the Netherlands to end just south of Maastricht, on the top of Mount Saint ...

'' runs through the town and the Michaelkerk has an old

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organ that came from a church in

Pieterburen Pieterburen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen. History Around 1300, a dike was built north of the present village. During the 14th century, a settlement appeared on a mudflat o ...

and was installed in 1901. The town also has an old windmill called the ''Hollands Welvaart'' built in 1855.

History

Mensingeweer is a ''

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'' (artificial mount) village from the middle ages. It was first mentioned in 1371 as Mensingheweere. The name means wharf for population belonging to Mense. In 1663, the village started to expand due to the construction of a canal between Winsum and

Ulrum Ulrum (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. History The first time the town was named was as ''Uluringhem'' in the 11th century. Ulrum is sited on two mound A mound is a ...

Doopsgezinde kerk

A Mennonite church was built at Mensingeweer, dedicated on 4 April 1819.Mensingeweer (Groningen, Netherlands)
on

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It was served by a series of freshly-appointed young ministers from the Amsterdam seminary, but in the 20th century it was increasingly difficult to find ministers willing to serve there and it was demolished in 1959 in favor of a new church in Eenrum.

List of Mennonite teachers

Gallery

File:Mensingeweer molen.jpg, Village with the windmill ''Hollands Welvaart'' File:Abelstok - gemaal.jpg, Pumping station File:HoogholtjeMensingeweer RA.JPG, Little bridge

References and footnotes

External links

* {{Authority control Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province)