Kortehemmen
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.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1444 as Korteham, and means "short silted land near a stream". 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. The current belfry dates from 1950.
Kortehemmen was home to 127 people in 1840. 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.
Gallery
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Farm in Kortehemmen -
Farm in Kortehemmen
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9211RD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Bevolkingscijfers Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - Smallingerland
- ^ "Kortehemmen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Kortehemmen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Kortehemmen". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Kortehemmen at Wikimedia Commons
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