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Schildwolde
Sign in to saveSchildwolde (Gronings: Schewôl) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Midden-Groningen. It is known for its detached church tower from the 13th century.
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Place details
- Locality
- Schildwolde
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,485
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Schildwolde
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:SchildwoldeTorenmetkerk.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church tower at Schildwolde
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in province of Groningen in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Midden-Groningen
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 17.80
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,685
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
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Schildwolde (Gronings: Schewôl) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Midden-Groningen. It is known for its detached church tower from the 13th century.
== History == Schildwolde was first mentioned in the 10th or 11th century as Scelduualda. The origin of the name is unclear and probably means swampy forest. In 1204, the Premonstratensian monastery of Gratiae Sanctae Mariae was founded in Schildwolde. It was originally a double monastery for monks and nuns. Later, only the convent remained. In 1223 or 1224, there was a dispute between the monastery of Schildwolde and the monastery of , and angry peasants burned down the monastery and church, but the tower remained standing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schildwolde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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