Uithuizen () is a village in the Dutch province 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 ...

. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of 4,885 in January 2017. The

Uithuizen railway station Uithuizen (abbreviation: Uhz) is a railway station located in Uithuizen in the Netherlands. The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.

History

Uithuizen was first mentioned in 1000 as Uthuson (extreme houses). It was established by the inhabitants of as their furthest edge. Around 1200, a dike was built to protect the village. In the mid-19th century, Uithuizen started to grow substantially. In the village is a ''

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Menkemaborg The Menkemaborg (; Menkema Borough) is a ''Borg (castle), borg'' (castle) in the village of Uithuizen in Groningen (province), Groningen in the Netherlands. Since 1927, the ''borg'' is a historic house museum. Mansion Menkemaborg is an origina ...

. Menkemaborg at Uithuizen is a 14th-century, brick-built country house, which was substantially altered around 1700. Since then it has barely been changed. The Alberda family, the 18th-century occupants, commissioned artists to decorate the interior with impressive chimney-pieces carved with baroque ornaments, and paintings of mythological scenes. The Menkemaborg and its gardens are open to the public. On 17 May 2008,

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Simonis opened the Trail of St James, connecting Uithuizen to

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, Le Puy en Velay, and

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, creating a modern, northern branch of the

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. Uithuizen was a separate municipality until 1979, when it became part of

Hefshuizen Hefshuizen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen. Hefshuizen was created in 1979, in the merger of the former municipalities of Uithuizen and Uithuizermeeden. In 1990, Kantens, Usquert, and Warffum were added, and in 1992, ...

Economy

The

Uithuizen Gas Plant The Uithuizen Gas Plant is a main Natural-gas processing, natural gas terminal in the Netherlands. History The plant has been running since 1975. The gas field was discovered in 1970. Neptune Energy now run the site. Neptune Energy have run two n ...

processes natural gas to the north of the town, on the Dutch coast.

Notable people

Seth Gaaikema Seth Gaaikema (11 July 1939 – 21 October 2014) was a Dutch cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist. Gaaikema was born in Uithuizen, Netherlands, as the son of a Mennonite minister. After studying Dutch and founding the student cabaret at the Unive ...

(1939–2014), cabaret artist and writer * Frederik Engel Jeltsema (1879–1971), painter and sculptor *

Frits Peutz F.P.J. Peutz (7 April 1896 – 24 October 1974) was a Dutch architect. Biography Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boar ...

(1896–1974), architect

Sport

Cycling

Uithuizen hosted the finish of stage 4 at the

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. Image:Menkemaborg.jpg,

Image:Menkemaborg2.JPG,

Image:De liefde.jpg, Windmill De liefde (eng: the love) (1866)

References

External links

Site of Windmill De liefdeMenkemaborg (english)
{{Authority control Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province) Former municipalities of Groningen (province)