Stroobos
It forms, together with Gerkesklooster, the double village Gerkesklooster-Stroobos. The double village had a population of around 1144 in 2017, with 812 in Gerkesklooster and 332 in Stroobos.
History
Gerkesklooster was established first as a village near a monastery. Strobos was first mentioned around 1660, and means a large bundle of straw. After a sluice was built in the canal from Dokkum to Groningen, it developed into a village. In 1840, Strobos was home to 417 people. In 1850, a wharf was built in Stroobos and it developed into an industrial village. Around 1900, a dairy factory opened which nowadays produces about 57,000 tons of cheese a year. The village used to be divided by the provincial border of Friesland and Groningen. In 1993, the border was redrawn and the entire village is now part of Friesland.
Gallery
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Former church building -
Farm in Stroobos -
Boats on the canal -
Village entrance
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9871PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Gerkesklooster-Stroobos". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Villages - Achtkarspelen (in Dutch)
- ^ Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Gerkesklooster" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Stroobos - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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