Warfhuizen

Coordinates: 53°20′27″N 6°25′32″E / 53.34083°N 6.42556°E / 53.34083; 6.42556
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Warfhuizen
Postal code
9963[1]
Dialing code0595

Warfhuizen (

Gronings: Waarfhoezen) is a village in province of Groningen, located in the northern part of the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland
.

Warfhuizen consists of two man-made mounds, called wierden, designed to escape the floodwaters of the

dykes
had been coed. The smaller mound was originally raised to protect a separate village called Burum. The village church stands on the larger mound.

The Church

"Our Lady the Garden Enclosed", statue in the hermitage church of Warfhuizen.

The church belongs to the hermitage of Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden, one of the few hermitages in the Netherlands still inhabited by a hermit.

The church, which was first constructed in the 13th century, was replaced by a neo-classical building in 1858. Only the

Our Lady
under the title of "the Enclosed Garden".

The present organ was built in 1910, but was in fact reconstructed from two organs of a much earlier date (17th and 18th century.)

The church is especially known for its statue of the Mother of Sorrows, sculpted by one of the renowned procession-sculptors of Seville, Miguel Bejarano Moreno. It is because of this very Andalusian image that some Spaniards living in the Netherlands use Warfhuizen as a place of (unofficial) pilgrimage. In the last years their habit spread to all Catholics in the region and even beyond: Warfhuizen became the northernmost Marian sanctuary of continental Europe.

A peculiar custom, unique for this shrine, is 'the

Virgin whose handkerchief is then presented to someone sick, lonely or elderly in the audience. Little is documented about this alleged custom. The origins of this particular custom are unknown, although a widespread rumor tells that it started with catholic pilgrims from the south of India and Sri Lanka
, but the reasons behind this rumor are unexplained.

Gallery

  • Pilmgrimage
    Pilmgrimage
  • Street in Warffhuizen
    Street in Warffhuizen
  • Canal in Warffhuizen
    Canal in Warffhuizen
  • Former school
    Former school

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9963PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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