Sint Annaparochie (; ) is a village in the municipality of

Waadhoeke Waadhoeke is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2018 and consists of the former municipalities of Franekeradeel, het Bildt, Menameradiel and parts of Littenseradiel, all four of which were ...

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

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. It lies approximately northwest of

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and had approximately 4,830 inhabitants in 2021. The village is named after

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, the mother of

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History

The village was first mentioned after 1570 as "altoenae, s. annen parochie", and means "parish of

". It was originally called Altoenae after the estate near

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

which was the neighbourhood where Dirk Oem van Wijngaarden, one of the first settlers, grew up. In 1504, a deal was struck between

George, Duke of Saxony George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were ...

and four noblemen from

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...

to ''

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

'' the

Middelzee The Middelzee (Dutch language, Dutch for "middle sea"; ), also called Bordine, was the estuary mouth of the River Boorne (West Frisian: ''Boarn'') now in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland. It ran from as far south as Sneek northward to ...

. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed and the village was created by the reclamation of the Bildt. The village was founded as one of the three settlements where the workers involved in the reclamation of the Bildt lived. Sint Annaparochie turned into a

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at the intersection of the Middelweg with the Noordervaart. The village became the capital of the municipality of

het Bildt het Bildt ( ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands; its capital was Sint Annaparochie. On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipalities of Franekeradeel, Menamerad ...

. Though it is located in the province of Friesland, the principal language spoken in the town is Bildts or Dutch, not West Frisian.

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

was married in the parish church in St. Annaparochie in 1634. That early church was replaced in 1682 by a church was modelled after the church of

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. Sint Annaparochie was home to 2,421 people in 1840. Beach house Den Bildtpollen was built to the north of Sint Annaparochie in 1899 as residential home and conference centre in

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of ...

style. There used to be a station on the North Friesland Railway which opened in 1902 and closed to passengers in December 1940. Until 2018, the village was part of

municipality.

Gallery

File:Bosch 2.jpg, House in Sint Annaparochie File:Voorgevel - Sint Annaparochie - 20022860 - RCE.jpg, Shops in Sint Annaparochie (1968) File:CSG Ulbe van Houten Sint Annaparochie.jpg, Canteen of the high school File:Statenweg.jpg, House in Sint Annaparochie

References

External links

* {{Authority control Waadhoeke Populated places in Friesland Populated places established in 1505