Thesinge (

Gronings Gronings (; or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Low Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East Frisia have a stro ...

: ''Taisen'') is a village in the municipality of

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 ...

, in the Dutch province of

. The

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

monastery of ''Germania'' was founded in Thesinge in 1205.

History

The village was first mentioned in 786 or 787 as Thelingi, and means "(monastery) of the people of Thiasa (person)". The

monastery Germania was founded in 1205 near the village. Thesinge is a ''

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 ...

'' (artificial living hill) village with a rectangular structure. The monastery was destroyed in 1584 during the

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

. Most of the buildings were demolished 1629 except for the church. The St Felicitas Church of the monastery became the Dutch Reformed church. It was built in the 13th century, but extensively modified and rebuilt in 1786. The church was restored between 1972 and 1973. It was decommissioned in 1971, and is used to weddings. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

Germania was built in 1825, however a wind mill had been at the location before 1649. It was originally a

post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars. These ar ...

, but converted into a

tower mill A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.Medieval science, technology, and medicine: an encyclopedia (2005), 520 Thi ...

in 1852. In 1950, an electro motor was installed and the sails were removed. In 1968, it was sold to the municipality of

Ten Boer Ten Boer () is a village and a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen. The municipality had a population of in ; the village of Ten Boer has approx ...

and restored in 1973. Thesinge was home to 208 people in 1840. In 1999, the

forge A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the ...

museum Smidshouk opened. Thesinge used to be part of the municipality of Ten Boer, but become part of

in 2019.

Notable people

* Dirk van der Borg (born 1955), mayor of Sliedrecht

Gallery

File:Zicht op Thesinge.jpg, View of Thesinge and surrounding landscape File:Germania Thesinge.jpg,

Gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

''Germania'' File:Felicitaskerk Thesinge2.jpg, Dutch Reformed church File:Zand erover door Gert Sennema Thesinge 2003.jpg, Statue by

References

External links

*
www.thesinge.com
{{Authority control Populated places in Groningen (province) Groningen (city)