Hegebeintum

Also known as Hogebeintum

Hegebeintum () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 90 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.

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Settlement.name: Hegebeintum
Settlement.native_name: Hogebeintum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Hogebeintum1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church and dwarf of Hegebeintum
Settlement.image_flag: Hegebeintum vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Hegebeintum wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Ferwerderadiel Hegebeintum.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Ferwerderadiel municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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Instance of: village
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Noardeast-Fryslân
Population: 90
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Hogebeintum1.jpg

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Commons category: Hegebeintum
postal code: 9173
P8168: Patrick Blanc

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Hegebeintum is home to the highest artificial dwelling hill, or terp, in the Netherlands, measuring around tall. The high ground of the terp was historically used as a place of refuge during unusually high tides and storm floods, and also had a number of dwellings. There is a well-known restored windmill located south of the village: the Hegebeintumer Mûne.

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