De Knipe

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

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Location in the Heerenveen municipality

52°58′7″N 5°58′16″E / 52.96861°N 5.97111°E / 52.96861; 5.97111Country

NetherlandsProvince

FrieslandMunicipality

HeerenveenArea

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• Total5.03 km² (1.94 sq mi)Elevation

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0.6 m (2.0 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total1,415 • Density280/km² (730/sq mi)Postal code

8456^[1]

Dialing code0513

De Knipe (archaic: Dutch: De Knijpe) is a village in the municipality (Dutch: Gemeente) Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,455 in January 2017.^[3]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1622 as Nieubrongerga1. De Knipe means artificial narrowing of a stream, and refers to the sluice in the Schoterlandse Compagnonsvaart. There used to be two settlements: Boven-Knijpe which was also known as Nieuw Katlijk and Beneden Knijpe also Nieuw Brongerga. In 1970, both settlements were joint as De Knipe.^[4] The Protestant Church dates from 1661 and is plastered white, and therefore informally called White Church. The Mennonite church dates from 1751. In 1840, Boven-Knijpe was home to 571 people and Beneden-Knijpe had a population of 643 people.^[5]

Gallery

Canal view
Protestant church
Mennonite church
Hemp harvest

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 8456AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
^ "De Knipe - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "De Knipe". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 March 2022.