Beerta
Sign in to saveBeerta (; ) is a village and former municipality with a population of 2,205 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the 20th century, Beerta was a communist stronghold. In 1933, the municipal council was dismissed by the government, and was ruled by a until 1935. Between 1982 and 1990, Beerta was the only municipality with a communist mayor.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Beerta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Beerta, toren 2007-05-20 12.00.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Red brick tower with a grey tile roof
- Settlement.image_caption
- The church tower in 2007
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Topographic map of Groningen with Beerta in the center east
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Beerta in Groningen in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Beerta
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Reiderland
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Winschoten
- Image
- Beerta, toren 2007-05-20 12.00.JPG
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Communism
- Geography
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
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Beerta (; ) is a village and former municipality with a population of 2,205 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the 20th century, Beerta was a communist stronghold. In 1933, the municipal council was dismissed by the government, and was ruled by a until 1935. Between 1982 and 1990, Beerta was the only municipality with a communist mayor.
== Etymology == Beerta means "place with houses" (English: neighboorhood; Frisian: buorren) The name was sometimes explained as relating to the 12th century which was lost in a flood, however the monastery has been excavated in Hesel, East Frisia, Germany, in 1988.