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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
| name                    = Den Ham
| image_skyline           = Den Ham - hervormde kerk (3).jpg
| image_caption           = Reformed Church
| image_map               =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Groningen}}
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[File:Westerkwartier vlag.svg|23px]] [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]]
| image_shield            =
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Den Ham in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]
| coordinates             = {{coord|53|16|23|N|6|25|41|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 0.41
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9883PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 8 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 1.0
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 140
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_note         =
| population_demonym      =
| timezone1               =
| utc_offset1             =
| timezone1_DST           =
| utc_offset1_DST         =
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 9883<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0594
| iso_code                =
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Den Ham''' is a [[linear village]] in the municipality of [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]] in the [[Netherlands]] province [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]. The village lies on the road from [[Aduard]] to [[Saaksum]].
== History ==
The village was first mentioned around 1475 as Horham. The current name means "bend in a waterway". The etymology of the earliest form is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/denham |title=Den Ham - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> De Ham is a road village which developed on the Aduard to Saaksum road in the Late Middle Ages as a [[linear settlement]].<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0021.php |title=Den Ham |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>
The current Dutch Reformed church dates from 1729, however, part of the wall is from its 1555 predecessor. The church was renovated in 1912 after a lightning strike which caused a fire.<ref name="monument"/><ref name="plaats"/>
Den Ham was home to 341 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> The village was part of the municipality of [[Aduard]] until 1989, when it became part of [[Zuidhorn]]. In 2019, it became part of [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/den-ham-zuidhorn |title=Den Ham (Zuidhorn) |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
file:Den Ham - baarhuisje.jpg | [[Morgue|"Baarhuis"]] on the cemetery of Den Ham
file:Den Ham - Ds. Koppiusweg 2 (2).jpg | The old bakery-grocery of W.E. Dijk
File:Voorzijde_met_entree_-_Den_Ham_-_20386570_-_RCE.jpg| [[Piloersemaborg]]
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline|Den Ham (Zuidhorn)}}
{{Dutch municipality Westerkwartier}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Westerkwartier (municipality)]]
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