Rottum, Groningen

Rottum (or Röppen) is a small village on an artificial dwelling hill between Kantens and Usquert in the municipality of Het Hogeland, falling under the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 85 in January 2017.[3]

Rottum
Village
A tiny house, Jan Boer's bust, and the church in the background
A tiny house, Jan Boer's bust, and the church in the background
Rottum is located in Groningen (province)
Rottum
Rottum
Location of Rottum in the province of Groningen
Rottum is located in Netherlands
Rottum
Rottum
Rottum (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°22′55″N 6°37′13″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
MunicipalityHet Hogeland
Area
[1]
 • Total0.12 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
0.8 m (2.6 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total90
 • Density750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal code
9998[1]
Dialing code0595

History

Heathen chapel

The village was founded on a clay bank of the Fivel estuary and the Wadden Sea. Since high tides were threatening the early inhabitants they raised its height with manure and waste: this way an artificial dwelling hill was created. On top of the artificial dwelling hill eventually a heathen chapel was located, according to the biography of the missionary Ludger. The name "Rottum" could be derived from "rot Heim", which can be translated as "red dwelling-place".

Monastery

St. Juliana's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery, probably founded between 1195 and 1210 by monks from the Benedictine Werden Abbey in Germany. The monastery was demolished at the end of the 1800s.

Rottumeroog or Rottum, an island in the Waddenzee, is named after the village since the monastery was two-thirds owner of the island. Near the village the nunnery named Bethlehem was located.

Protestant church

In 1889 a Protestant church was built on the same location as the monastery.

The poet Jan Boer was born in Rottum. In 1999 the sculptor Greet Grottendieck was asked to make a bust of Jan Boer to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his day of birth.

  • Church of Rottum
    Church of Rottum
  • Former brick works
    Former brick works
  • Excavated terp
    Excavated terp
  • View on the monastery (1854)
    View on the monastery (1854)

References
  1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 9998AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CSB Statline
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