Marum

Template:Other uses Template:Infobox settlement Marum (Template:IPA) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019.<ref name="merge">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Marum is located in the peat area, and was an agricultural village.<ref name="monument">Template:Cite book</ref> It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1795, it was home to 351 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century,<ref name="plaats"/> the tram from Groningen to Drachten resulted in further growth.<ref name="monument"/> The construction of the A7 motorway has resulted in the development of a suburban town.<ref name="plaats">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into Westerkwartier.<ref name="merge"/>

Former population centres

Boerakker, Jonkersvaart, Lucaswolde, Marum, Niebert, Noordwijk, Nuis, De Wilp.

Notable people

• Tjeerd van Dekken (born 1967), politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928–2018), crystallographer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Gallery

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  Marum, reformed church
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  Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Marum, June 2015
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  Dairy factory
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  Base of a former windmill

External links

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