Groningen (municipality)

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Groningen (= Dutch and English designation; Kronenburgish: Greons) is a small, somewhat dull municipality in the northern part of Kronenburg. The most important settlement is the city of the same name, which was founded in 1745 and has around 106,000 inhabitants. Elsewhere in the municipality are the villages of Piaam, Zwarte Kesp and De Laagte, as well as De Holte and Fort Gorecht, the latter two of which are located on separate islands that are part of Groningen. The municipality borders Old-Kronenburg, Alexanderstad and Waterland and (separated by sea) Dietzland. In 2008 the construction of a new town started, called Ennemaburg, in order to take some pressure away from the over-populated cities of Alexanderstad and Friescheburg.

The city of Groningen originally was a fortress built to defend that part of Kronenburg against U.S. attacks originating from Rhode Island. On the southern border of the city, the largest military barracks of Kronenburg are located and retail in Groningen thrives for a large part because of these. From the many warehouses on the city's quais, one has a splendid view on the woody island of De Holte, on the activities in the ferry harbours to this island as well as to the island of Fort Gorecht and the city of New Bedford in Massachusetts (U.S.), and of course on the sea. On the Laan 1871 an important monument can be found to commemmorate the soldiers that were killed in the 1871 war.

The rest of the municipality is largely covered with woods and fields, where farmers occupy themselves with agriculture and cattle-breeding.

Mayors

# mayor of Groningen took office left office remarks
1 Ruurd Tadema 1745 1781
2 Wilco Boer 1781 1788
3 Edzo Talsma 1788 1801
4 Sjoerd Bottema 1801 1803
5 Nanne Dykstra 1803 1816
6 Anne Maarsingh 1816 1820
7 Dirk Alkema Heeroma 1820 1851
8 Klaas Appel 1851 1856
9 Harm-Jan Bouma 1856 1869
10 Erwin Tjepkema 1869 1880
11 Tjitte Haarsma Joustra 1880 1895
12 Maarten Veenstra 1895 1900
13 Paulus Abraham 1900 1911
14 Ewout Hellema 1911 1913
15 Rick Sierks 1913 1931
16 Wouter Bunnema 1931 1932
17 Filip Abraham 1932 1941
Eddie Grainger 1941 1942 Appointed by U.S. administration
Phil Bucanan 1942 1947 Appointed by U.S. administration
18 Douwe-Jan Waltersz 1947 1951
19 Simon Leese 1951 1956
20 Ivo Abraham 1956 1970
21 Gerhard Sierks 1970 1977
22 Edwin Witteboer 1977 1986
23 Peter Buma 1986 1994
24 Sjoerd Pitstra 1994 1995
25 Rachel Heeroma van Egteren (f) 1995 2011
26 Erwin Ruwaard 2011 incumbent
Elements and Municipalities of the Kingdom of Kronenburg
The Four Elements: Kronenburg proper · West-Cod · White Islands · Kronenburg Virgin Islands
The Municipalities of Kronenburg proper: Alexanderstad · Bredenburg · Dietzland · Friescheburg · Groningen · Hinte · Jaltadaburg
Koninginneland · Markenland · New-Stavoren · Oosterland · Oranjewijk · Old-Kronenburg · Waterland · Westerland · Westerport
Former municipality: Zuiderland