Doornspijk
Village in Gelderland, Netherlands Netherlands
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Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.
Doornspijk | |
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Village | |
Doornspijk, reformed church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Doornspijk Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands  Doornspijk Doornspijk (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°25′9″N 5°48′58″E | |
| Country |  Netherlands Netherlands |
| Province |  Gelderland |
| Municipality |  Elburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 3,330 |
| • Density | 167/km2 (433/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8085[1] |
| Dialing code | 0525 |
The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land.[3] The original village was flooded by the former Zuiderzee in 1825, and current village formed around the church after 1829.[4][5]
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1829, and has been extended into a cruciform church in 1950.[4] Doornspijk was home to 540 people in 1840.[5]
Doornspijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Elburg.[6]
Notable people from Doornspijk
- Didericus Heineken (1730-1795),[7] a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and his wife Theodora Segerina van Lom, ancestors of Freddy Heineken
- Anne van Schuppen (born 1960), long-distance runner
- Duncan Huisman (born 1971), racing car driver
- Anke Birnie (born 1943), sculptor
