Grijpskerk

Grijpskerk
Village
Dairy factory in 2011
Nickname(s):  Smallruggen
Grijpskerk Location of Grijpskerk
Coordinates: 53°15′51″N 6°18′22″E / 53.26417°N 6.30611°E / 53.26417; 6.30611Coordinates: 53°15′51″N 6°18′22″E / 53.26417°N 6.30611°E / 53.26417; 6.30611
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Westerkwartier
Population  (1 January 2008)
• Total	2,809
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Grijpskerk is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Westerkwartier, about 18 km west of the city of Groningen.

Grijpskerk was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Zuidhorn.^[1]

Transportation[]

Railway Station: Grijpskerk

Notable residents[]

• (1920-1944), resistance hero of Second World War. As member of the Dutch military police, refused assisting the deportation process. Facing deportation himself, he became key in smuggling several people from the Nazi repression, until his capture and martyrdom.
• Roelof Kruisinga (born 1922), politician (Christian Historical Union and Christian Democratic Appeal)
• (born 1950), founder of DSB Bank, chairman of Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and politician (Christian Democratic Appeal)

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Grijpskerk at Wikimedia Commons
• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Grijpskerk". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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