Saaksum
Saaksum
Soaksum (Gronings) | |
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Village | |
 Entrance to Saaksum | |
  Saaksum Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands  Saaksum Saaksum (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′N 6°25′E / 53.317°N 6.417°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Groningen |
| Municipality |  Westerkwartier |
| Elevation | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 90 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9886[2] |
| Area code | 0594 |
Saaksum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsaːk.sʏm]; Gronings: Soaksum) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 90.[2] Until the municipal reorganization of 1990, it belonged to the former municipality of Oldehove.
Saaksum is a wierde village in good condition. It is a protected villagescape. The wierde is located on the edge of the village, on the main road from Aduard to Roodehaan.
Church[edit]
The Reformed Church, which was rebuilt in 1849, is located on the wierde. Its predecessor was a church dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria according to a document from 1588. A memorial stone at the bottom of the tower reports that it was ghemake ('made') in 1550. The tower was restored in 1709. In 1845 it was decided to build a new church due to its dilapidation, but the tower remained standing. The new church was built in 1849. From the church, a short church path runs to the village, which is located entirely along a circular road.
Gallery[edit]
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The church of Saaksum -
Houses on the Noordstraat -
![Harbour of Saaksum to the Oldehoofsch canal [nl]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Saaksum_-_haven.jpg/120px-Saaksum_-_haven.jpg)
Harbour of Saaksum to the Oldehoofsch canal
![Harbour of Saaksum to the Oldehoofsch canal [nl]](/wiki/File:Saaksum_-_haven.jpg)
References[edit]
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9886PB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Statistics Netherlands. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related to Saaksum at Wikimedia Commons