Doornspijk

Doornspijk
Village
Doornspijk, reformed church
Doornspijk
Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Doornspijk
Doornspijk (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°25′9″N 5°48′58″E / 52.41917°N 5.81611°E / 52.41917; 5.81611
Country Netherlands Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Municipality Elburg
Area
 • Total
19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
3,330
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8085[1]
Dialing code0525

Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.

The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land.[3] The original village was flooded by the former Zuiderzee in 1825, and current village formed around the church after 1829.[4][5]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1829, and has been extended into a cruciform church in 1950.[4] Doornspijk was home to 540 people in 1840.[5]

Doornspijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Elburg.[6]

Notable people from Doornspijk

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022. three entries
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 8085AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Doornspijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Doornspijk" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9406 3. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Doornspijk". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  7. ^ Presentation Heineken in Elburg Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)

52°25′N 5°49′E / 52.417°N 5.817°E / 52.417; 5.817