Leens
Sign in to saveLeens (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. Leens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Ulrum, Eenrum and Kloosterburen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leens
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,675
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Leens
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kerk van Leens.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Petruskerk in 2007
- Settlement.image_flag
- Leens vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Leens wapen.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Leens
- Country
- Netherlands
- Area
- +3558
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Kerk van Leens.jpg
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Brief history
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Leens (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. Leens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Ulrum, Eenrum and Kloosterburen.
== Brief history == Leens is located on old marsh land which have been inhabited since the Iron Age. Leens and Tuinsterwierde, which is situated slightly east of the village, lay on a mound, an artificial hill that prevented the town from flooding when the land wasn't yet protected by dikes. The draining of the marshes is largely due to the work of the Benedictine monks. From their monasteries they built dikes and drained the land.