Grijpskerk

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

Grijpskerk was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Zuidhorn. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

Notable Residents

* Roelof Kruisinga, born 1922, politician (Christian Historical Union and Christian Democratic Appeal)
* Dirk Scheringa, born 1950, founder of DSB Bank, chairman of Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and politician (Christian Democratic Appeal).

References

External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/gr/grijpskerk.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]