The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Oosterend in the municipality of Texel.
Oosterend (53°5′N 4°53′E) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 17 km northeast of Den Helder. Image File history File links LocatieTexel. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... This article is about the Dutch island Texel. ... Den Helder is located in the northmost point of North Holland, the Netherlands. ...
Oosterend is the second largest village on the island. Although it's situated further from the sea than Oudeschild it's the hometown of the most fishermen on Texel. Oosterend is built around a church called Maartenskerk ("Saint Martin's Church"). The oldest parts of the church where build in the 11th century. Oosterend is sometimes called Jerusalem-of-the-north, this is caused due to five different religions in the village, Catholicism, Baptism, Dutch-Reformed, Protestantism, Reformed-Gemeente (a.k.a. "Black Socks Church"). But this doesn't lead to conflicts, all the religions live peacefully together. This is also the underlying cause of the fact that the relatively small community has three primary schools. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Jerusalem (; Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek ΙεÏοσόλυμα) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Roman Catholic Church. ... Baptism in early Christian art. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing the splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe—a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...
In 2001, the town of Oosterend had 898 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.21 km2, and contained 350 residences.[1] The wider statistical area of Oosterend has a population of around 990.[2]
References
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001[1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Texel[2].
As the ligature disappeared from use the name came to be spelled with an x, although the pronunciation remained the same.
Oosterend is build around a church called Maartenskerk (the so-called "Saint Martin's Church").
Oosterend is sometimes called Jerusalem-of-the-north, this is caused due to five different religions in the village, Catholicism, Baptism, Dutch-Reformed, Protestantism, Reformed-Gemeente (a.k.a.
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