Boerakker Explained

Boerakker
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
Coordinates:53.1867°N 6.3294°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Westerkwartier
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:0.65
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:0.6
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:800
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:9361
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0594

Boerakker (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /buːˈrɑ.kər/) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located to the north of the village of Marum. As of 2021, it had a population of 800.[2]

History

Boerakker originated in a peat area that is located between the high sand ridges of in the north and in the south of the Westerkwartier. The dirt road Dutch; Flemish: Boerenakkers or Dutch; Flemish: Buurackers may date back to the late Middle Ages. The name Dutch; Flemish: Buiracker appears on a so-called seal from 1686, in which Lubbe Iwema sells a farm in Niebert to Jan and Johannes Engberts. The first demonstrable buildings are indicated on a military topographical map from the early 19th century. The cadastral map of the former municipality of Marum en Leek from 1829 shows the Reformed church and two houses. In 1867 there were ten houses.[3]

Between 1900 and 1910 an actual village was created, with about fifteen houses.[3] In the following decades it grew into the current village. In the 1970s and 1980s, the village was expanded with new construction on the west side of the village, on the . In 2006, expansion took place in a southerly direction along the Hoofdweg.

For a long time, Boerakker was not an 'ordinary' village. Until the municipal reorganization in 1990, it was divided into two municipalities, namely the municipality of Marum and Leek. The main road formed the border. After the reclassification, the village in its entirety fell into Marum. It was striking that both municipalities gave a different status to the village. The municipality of Leek considered Boerakker to be part of Tolbert, while Marum gave the village Boerakker the status of village. The outlying area of Boerakker on the east and north side of belonged to the municipality of Leek as 'Boerakker, municipality of Leek'. After the municipal reorganization of 1 January 2019 this all belongs to the municipality of Westerkwartier.

The flag and coat of arms of Boerakker have been applied by both the villages of Boerakker and Lucaswolde in 2009, which are sometimes referred to conjointly as 'Boerakker-Lucaswolde' because of their relative proximity.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 9361PB . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 30 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 30 August 2023.
  3. Web site: Historisch Boerakker . 2023-08-30 . Historischboerakker.nl . nl . 2012-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130224021/http://www.historischboerakker.nl/index.php?id=43 . bot: unknown .