Jonkersvaart

Village in Groningen, Netherlands

Jonkersvaart Jonkersvoart (Gronings)
Village
View of Jonkersvaart
Flag Coat of arms
53°8′N 6°18′E / 53.133°N 6.300°E / 53.133; 6.300
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Westerkwartier
Area ^[1]
• Total	8.41 km² (3.25 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	4.8 m (15.7 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	225
• Density	27/km² (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9366^[1]
Area code	0594
Website	jonkersvaart.com

Jonkersvaart (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔŋ.kərsˌvaːrt]; Gronings: Jonkersvoart) is a linear village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 225.^[1]

History

Already in 1765, there was mention of the Jonkersgruppel, a waterway for the drainage of water during peat extraction.^[3] Around 1780, peat extraction received a new impulse under squire Ferdinand Folef von Innhausen und Kniphausen (1735-1795) and his wife Anna Maria Graafland, who had a navigable canal built. The canal and the village owe their name to this squire. The Gravelandwijk is named after Anna Maria Graafland, a neighborhood that is connected to the Jonkersvaart via the Zandwijk.^[4]

In 1871, a connection with Friesland was made via the Wilpstervaart. The Jonkersverlaat was constructed for this purpose.

Gallery

Old bridge in Jonkersvaart
Entrance to the village
Houses along the water

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Statistics Netherlands. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "Postcodetool for 9366TC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ de Vries, W. (1946). Groninger plaatsnamen (in Dutch). Groningen: J.B. Wolters.
^ Westerink, Ben. "Landschaps Geschiedenis Westerkwartier". Landschappen van Noord-Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-08-31.