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Boerakker
Sign in to saveBoerakker () is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located to the north of the village of Marum. As of 2021, it had a population of 800.
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- Boerakker
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 365
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- Netherlands
- Located in
- Westerkwartier
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- 9362
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Boerakker () is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located to the north of the village of Marum. As of 2021, it had a population of 800.
==History== Boerakker originated in a peat area that is located between the high sand ridges of in the north and in the south of the Westerkwartier. The dirt road or may date back to the late Middle Ages. The name appears on a so-called seal from 1686, in which Lubbe Iwema sells a farm in Niebert to Jan and Johannes Engberts. The first demonstrable buildings are indicated on a military topographical map from the early 19th century. The cadastral map of the former municipality of Marum en Leek from 1829 shows the Reformed church and two houses. In 1867 there were ten houses.
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