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Harkstede
Sign in to saveHarkstede (; ) is a village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located in Midden-Groningen, Groningen. Harkstede is located near the "Meerstad Project" of the municipality of Groningen, however, it is no longer part of the project.
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Place details
- Locality
- Harkstede
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,490
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Harkstede
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Harkstede - kerk (2).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The church was built in the late 17th century
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Midden-Groningen
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.95
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,025
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Harkstede in the province of Groningen
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Harkstede (; ) is a village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located in Midden-Groningen, Groningen. Harkstede is located near the "Meerstad Project" of the municipality of Groningen, however, it is no longer part of the project.
==History== Harkstede was supposedly founded during the 13th century, when the tower next to the local church was built. The name is probably derived from "Arkes Stee", meaning "place for an ark = church". The present church was constructed between 1692 and 1700 on the foundations of the medieval church. Planned by Henric Piccardt (1636-1712), lord of the manors of Klein Martijn at Harkstede and the Fraeylemaborg at Slochteren, it was built by two master craftsmen from the city of Groningen, Henric Coeur and Geert van der Aa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harkstede” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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