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Kloosterburen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village developed around a monastery. Kloosterburen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Leens, Ulrum and Eenrum. During the combining of the four municipalities they were called 'de LEUK gemeenten'. In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland.

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Place details

Locality
Molenrij
Region
Groningen
Country
Nederland
Population
575
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kloosterburen
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Bij tij en ontij.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Village library
Settlement.image_flag
Kloosterburen vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Kloosterburen wapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Kloosterburen in Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Het Hogeland
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1175
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
32.24

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Kloosterburen
Located in
Het Hogeland
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
Kerk en toren op verhoogd kerkhof vanuit het noord-oosten - Kloosterburen - 20125942 - RCE.jpg
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postal code
9977
Commons category
Kloosterburen
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Encyclopedic overview

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Kloosterburen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village developed around a monastery. Kloosterburen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Leens, Ulrum and Eenrum. During the combining of the four municipalities they were called 'de LEUK gemeenten'. In 2019, it became part of Het Hogeland.

==History== Around 1175, a monastery was established by Taco, a Premonstratensian from . In 1204, the monastery was named after Nijeklooster, a convent was established at a distance of 15 minutes by foot. A village developed around Oldeklooster which was named Kloosterburen. At the end of the 16th century, Nijeklooster was destroyed by the Protestants. Oldeklooster was closed, and the church became Dutch Reformed, however Oldeklooster is one of the two monasteries which still exist in Groningen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kloosterburen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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