Kortehemmen

Kortehemmen
Koartehimmen
Village
Kortehemmen church and bellfray
Coat of arms
Location in Smallingerland municipality
Kortehemmen
Location in the Netherlands
Kortehemmen
Kortehemmen (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°4′37″N 6°4′21″E / 53.07694°N 6.07250°E / 53.07694; 6.07250
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Municipality Smallingerland
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
170
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Postal code
9211[1]
Dialing code0512

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 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. Kortehemmen was physically cut off from Drachten by the construction of the A7 motorway.[6]

  • Farm in Kortehemmen
  • Farm in Kortehemmen

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9211RD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. 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. ^ a b "Kortehemmen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Kortehemmen". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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