Kortehemmen

Kortehemmen Koartehimmen
Village
Kortehemmen church and bellfray
Coat of arms
Location in Smallingerland municipality
Kortehemmen Location in the Netherlands Show map of Friesland Kortehemmen Kortehemmen (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°4′37″N 6°4′21″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Smallingerland
Area [1]
• Total	2.34 km^2 (0.90 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	170
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Postal code	9211[1]
Dialing code	0512

Kortehemmen (West Frisian: Koartehimmen) is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 258 in January 2017.[3]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1444 as Korteham, and means "short silted land near a stream".[4] Korteham developed on a sandy ridge along the river Drait [fy] with Kortehemmen on one side and Zuider Drachten (nowadays part of Drachten) on the other. Around 1300, a church was built in the village. No tower was built and a belfry was added instead.[5] The current belfry dates from 1950.[6]

Kortehemmen was home to 127 people in 1840.[5] In 1939, a conference centre was opened in the village by the Woodbrookers [nl]. Kortehemmen was physically cut off from Drachten by the construction of the A7 motorway.[6]

Gallery

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  Farm in Kortehemmen
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  Farm in Kortehemmen

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 9211RD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
3. Bevolkingscijfers Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - Smallingerland
4. "Kortehemmen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. "Kortehemmen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
6. "Kortehemmen". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.

External links

Media related to Kortehemmen at Wikimedia Commons