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Veenklooster (West Frisian: Feankleaster) is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, with a population of around 97 in January 2017.[3] Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality.[4]

Veenklooster
Feankleaster
Village
Veenklooster, country house: de Fogelsangh State
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in the former Kollumerland municipality
Veenklooster
Location in the Netherlands
Veenklooster
Veenklooster (Netherlands)
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
MunicipalityNoardeast-Fryslân
Area
[1]
 • Total2.48 km2 (0.96 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total110
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code
9297[1]
Dialing code0511

History


The village was first mentioned in 1446 as "da conuent to Faen", and means monastery on the moorland.[5] Veenklooster started as a peat excavation settlement in the 11th or 12th century and developed along the intersection of the road from Kollum to Kollumerzwaag and Twijzel.[6]

Before 1287, the monastery Olijfberg was founded on the brink (communal pasture) in the village as an outpost of the Premonstratensian monastery of Oudwoude. Olijfberg was abandoned in 1579,[5][7] and the estate Fogelsangh State was built in its place in 1646. The estate remains private property and is nowadays owned by Kyra Livia, Baroness van Harinxma thoe Slooten [nl].[7] The estate was restored between 1971 and 1972, and houses an annex of the Fries Museum.[6]

In 1840, Veenklooster was home to 66 people.[4] In 1870, the manor house It Lytse Slot was built in Veenklooster by the van Heemstra family. Veenklooster contains many old oak trees.[7]


Marianne Vaatstra murder


The village made national headlines after the murder of Marianne Vaatstra and subsequent riots which took place in the area in 1999. The case was only solved 13 years after the murder when the perpetrator was arrested after a DNA match.[8]




References


  1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 9297WN". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. Inwonertal en info 2017 - Kollumerland
  4. "Veenklooster". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. "Veenklooster - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Veenklooster" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. "Geschiedenis". Fean Kleaster (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. In beeld: Tijdlijn moordzaak Marianne Vaatstra (Timeline murder case - RTL Nieuws (in Dutch)


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