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Winsum

Field	Value
name	Winsum
native_name	gos
settlement_type	Town and former municipality
image_flag	VlagWinsum.svg
flag_size	100x67px
image_shield	Winsum wapen.svg
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Map - NL - Municipality code 0053 (2009).svg
map_alt	Highlighted position of Winsum in a municipal map of Groningen
map_caption	Location in Groningen
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Groningen
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Het Hogeland
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	27.82
elevation_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
title	Postcodetool for 9951AC
language	nl
author
work	Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisher	Het Waterschapshuis
access-date	7 February 2014
archive-date	21 September 2013
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
url-status	dead
elevation_m	1
elevation_max_footnotes	tags --
elevation_min_footnotes	tags --
population_footnotes
population_total	7,405
population_as_of	2021
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	9951
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	0595
website

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Dutch Topographic map of Winsum, July 2013

Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

The town of Winsum was officially established in 1057 as the fusion of three historic villages: Obergum (North), Winsum (center) and Bellingeweer (South). The majority of the town's 8,000 inhabitants commute to the nearby city Groningen.

The town boasts two traditional Dutch wind mills, two historic churches, two canals, and one of the Netherlands' oldest taverns. The two mills, "De Ster" ("The Star") and "De Vriendschap" ("The Friendship") were built in 1851 and 1801 respectively. The building that the tavern "De Gouden Karper" ("The Golden Carp") now occupies has been in use as a tavern since the 16th century, and is the oldest (unverified) in the Netherlands.

Twin town

Winsum is twinned with

Sport

Cycling

Winsum hosted the start and finish of stage 4a during the 2012 Energiewacht Tour and the individual time trial (stage 3a) at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour. Due to the success of the 2012 Energiewacht Tour the city became host city for the men's and women's 2013 Dutch National Time Trial Championships on 19 June 2013. The individual time trial at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour took place on the same course.

Notable people

Rodolphus Agricola (ca.1443–1485) a pre-Erasmian humanist, a Hebrew scholar, an educator, musician and builder of a church organ
Wigbolt, Baron Ripperda (ca.1535–1573) city governor of Haarlem when the city was under siege in the Eighty Years' War
Hermanus Numan (1744–1820) painter, draftsman, pastellist, etcher, engraver, watercolorist, art theorist and publisher
Gezina van der Molen (1892-1978) legal scholar and resistance fighter during the Second World War
Marcel Pannekoek (born 1986) Dutch footballer
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (born 1990) Dutch swimmer, triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
Alieke Tuin (born 2001) Dutch footballer

Gallery

File:Overzicht van de ligging kerk ten opzichte van de pastorie - Winsum - 20530301 - RCE.jpg|Church and clergy house File:Winsum - Hoofdstraat Winsum 70.jpg|Town hall File:Overzicht linker zijgevel - Winsum - 20364317 - RCE.jpg|Inn De Gouden Karper File:Winsum (gr.)-hoofdstraat.jpg|Main street

References

"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021".
Gemeente Winsum: [http://bestuur.winsum.nl//Vergaderingen/Gemeenteraad/2009/17-februari/19:30/Jumelage/1702-agendapunt-10.pdf ''Raadsvoorstel Jumelage''] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-06 , 17 February 2009)
(5 April 2013). "NK tijdrijden vindt plaats in Winsum". nu.nl.
(6 December 2012). "Winsum organiseert NK tijdrijden 2013". Wieler Revue.

Wikipedia Source

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