Editing Ten Boer

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| name                    = Ten Boer
| settlement_type         = Village, former municipality
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| image_caption           = Church in [[Thesinge]]
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Ten Boer in a municipal map of former Groningen
| map_caption             = Location in Groningen
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| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
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| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
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| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 050
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'''Ten Boer''' ({{IPA|nl|tɛmˈbuːr|-|Nl-Ten Boer.oga}}) is a [[village]] and a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]. The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Ten Boer}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}; the village of Ten Boer has approximately 4,600 inhabitants. In 2019, it was merged into municipality of [[Groningen]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ten-boer |title=Ten Boer |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1301 as "conventum de Bure", and means "near the house".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/tenboer |title=Ten Boer - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Ten Boer is a ''[[terp]]'' (artificial living hill) village on a grid structure.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0116.php |title=Ten Boer |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> In 1301, a [[Benedictine]] monastery for nuns was established in Ten Boer. In 1485, it was incorporated into the monastery of [[Thesinge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spig.nl/kloosters/ |title=Klooster |website=Stichting Pelgrimeren in Groningen |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Around 1425, the {{ill|Damsterdiep|nl|Damsterdiep (kanaal)}}, a canal from Groningen to [[Delfzijl]], was dug and the village received its current shape.<ref name="monument"/>

The Dutch Reformed church is the former monastery church, and dates from the 13th century. The church was modified in 1565. The tower was demolished around 1800, and in 1810, a [[ridge turret]] was placed on the roof instead.<ref name="monument"/>

Ten Boer was home to 279 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> The former town hall is an L-shaped building with tower from 1911. It was influenced by [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage|Berlage]] and [[Jugendstil]].<ref name="monument"/> Ten Boer was an independent municipality until 2019 when it was merged into Groningen.<ref name="plaats"/>

== Former population centres ==
[[Garmerwolde]], [[Lellens]], [[Sint Annen]], Ten Boer, [[Ten Post]], [[Thesinge]], [[Winneweer]], [[Wittewierum]] and [[Woltersum]].

==Notable people from Ten Boer==
* [[Dirk van der Borg]] (born 1955), mayor of Graafstroom and Molenwaard
* [[Paul Drewes]] (born 1982), Olympic rower
* [[Hendrik Nienhuis]] (1790-1862), jurist and parliament member
* [[Remco van der Schaaf]] (born 1979), football player

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Gem-TenBoer-OpenTopo.jpg|Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ten Boer, June 2015
File:Ten Boer, ophaalbrug bij de Wolddijk-Stadsweg IMG 9043 2019-04-07 11.54.jpg|Drawing bridge near the Wolddijk-Stadsweg
File:Ten Boer - oude gemeentehuis.jpg|Former town hall
File:Lellens - armenhuis.jpg|Poorhouse
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline|Ten Boer}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ten Boer
|North     = [[Loppersum]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Slochteren]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Groningen]]
|West      = [[Bedum]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Groningen}}
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[[Category:Groningen (city)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]