- Sint Annaparochie
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sint Annaparochie
mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flagicon|NetherlandsNetherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = flagicon|FrieslandFriesland
settlement_type = Village
population_total = c. 4000Sint Annaparochie is the principal and largest town of the municipality of
Het Bildt inFriesland , the Netherlands. It lies approximately 15 km northwest ofLeeuwarden and has approximately four thousand inhabitants. The town is named afterSaint Anne , the mother of Mary.St. Annaparochie was founded in the 16th century. Though it is located in the province of Friesland, the principal language spoken in the town is Bildts or Dutch, not West Frisian.
Rembrandt was married in the parish church in St. Annaparochie in 1634.There was a station on the
North Friesland Railway which opened in 1902 and closed to passengers in May 1935. It reopened to passengers in May 1940 and closed to passengers again in October 1942. Final closure took place in May 1966.
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