Doornspijk

Village in Gelderland, Netherlands Netherlands
Coat of arms of Doornspijk
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52°25′9″N 5°48′58″E / 52.41917°N 5.81611°E / 52.41917; 5.81611Country Netherlands NetherlandsProvinceGelderland GelderlandMunicipalityElburg ElburgArea • Total19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)Elevation2.9 m (9.5 ft)Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total3,330 • 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

  • Didericus Heineken (1730-1795),[7] a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and his wife Theodora Segerina van Lom, ancestors of Freddy Heineken
  • Anne van Schuppen (born 1960), long-distance runner
  • Duncan Huisman (born 1971), racing car driver
  • Anke Birnie (born 1943), sculptor

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)
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