Kortehemmen
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Kortehemmen
Koartehimmen | |
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Village | |
 Kortehemmen church and bellfray | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Smallingerland municipality | |
  Kortehemmen Location in the Netherlands  Kortehemmen Kortehemmen (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°4′37″N 6°4′21″E / 53.07694°N 6.07250°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Friesland |
| Municipality |  Smallingerland |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1.6 m (5.2 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 170 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 9211[1] |
| Dialing code | 0512 |
Kortehemmen (West Frisian: Koartehimmen) is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 258 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1444 as Korteham, and means "short silted land near a stream".[4] Korteham developed on a sandy ridge along the river Drait with Kortehemmen on one side and Zuider Drachten (nowadays part of Drachten) on the other. Around 1300, a church was built in the village. No tower was built and a belfry was added instead.[5] The current belfry dates from 1950.[6]
Kortehemmen was home to 127 people in 1840.[5] In 1939, a conference centre was opened in the village by the Woodbrookers. Kortehemmen was physically cut off from Drachten by the construction of the A7 motorway.[6]
