Onnen
Village in Groningen, Netherlands
53°09′24″N 6°38′30″E / 53.1568°N 6.6416°E / 53.1568; 6.6416[1]
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(2021)[1]
9755[1]
Onnen is a village in the municipality of Groningen in the Netherlands. There are some picturesque farms and windmills in the village.
Onnen is an esdorp. The Onner ash lies a considerable distance from the actual village (an ash generally lies flat outside a village).
The Groningen – Assen railway lies near Onnen. NedTrain's classification yard is also situated close to Onnen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1323 as Hunne. The etymology is unclear.[3] Onnen developed as an esdorp. During the Middle Ages, the peat in the area was excavated.[4]
Onnen was home to 264 people in 1840.[4]
Gallery
- Drinking water pumping station
- Liberated Reformed Church
- Forest road
- Maintenance on trains
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9755PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Onnen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Onnen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Onnen at Wikimedia Commons
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Populated places in the municipality of Groningen
- Groningen
- Haren
- Hoogkerk
- Dorkwerd
- Engelbert
- Garmerwolde
- Glimmen
- Leegkerk [nl]
- Lellens [nl]
- Meerstad
- Middelbert [nl]
- Noorddijk
- Noorderhoogebrug
- Noordlaren
- Onnen
- Paterswolde (partially)
- Sint-Annen [nl]
- Ten Boer
- Ten Post
- Thesinge
- Winneweer
- Wittewierum [nl]
- Woltersum [nl]
- Essen
- Ruischerbrug [nl]
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