Oosterend
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Oosterend is a town in the Dutch
province of North Holland
. It is a part of the municipality of Texel
, and lies about 17 km northeast of Den Helder
.
Oosterend is the second largest village on the island. Although it's situated further from the sea than Oudeschild it's the hometown of the most fishermen on Texel. Oosterend is built around a church called Maartenskerk ("Saint Martin's Church"). The oldest parts of the church were built in the 11th century. Oosterend is sometimes called Jerusalem-of-the-north
, this is caused due to five different religions in the village, Catholicism
, Baptism
, Dutch Reformed, Protestantism
, Reformed-Gemeente (a.k.a. "Black Socks Church"). But this doesn't lead to conflicts, all the religions live peacefully together. This is also the underlying cause of the fact that the relatively small community has three primary schools.
In 2001, the town of Oosterend had 898 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.21 km², and contained 350 residences. The wider statistical area of Oosterend has a population of around 990.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of North Holland
North Holland
North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
. It is a part of the municipality of Texel
Texel
Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark...
, and lies about 17 km northeast of Den Helder
Den Helder
Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula...
.
Oosterend is the second largest village on the island. Although it's situated further from the sea than Oudeschild it's the hometown of the most fishermen on Texel. Oosterend is built around a church called Maartenskerk ("Saint Martin's Church"). The oldest parts of the church were built in the 11th century. Oosterend is sometimes called Jerusalem-of-the-north
North
North is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.North is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the top side of a map is north....
, this is caused due to five different religions in the village, Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
, Baptism
Baptism
In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
, Dutch Reformed, Protestantism
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
, Reformed-Gemeente (a.k.a. "Black Socks Church"). But this doesn't lead to conflicts, all the religions live peacefully together. This is also the underlying cause of the fact that the relatively small community has three primary schools.
In 2001, the town of Oosterend had 898 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.21 km², and contained 350 residences. The wider statistical area of Oosterend has a population of around 990.