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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Ten Post
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
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| image_caption           = Vertical-lift bridge of Ten Post
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Groningen]]
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| area_total_km2          = 8.73
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9792PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 8 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0.3
| 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=8 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 710
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| area_code               = 050
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'''Ten Post''' is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]. It is part of the municipality of [[Groningen]]. The village is located along the Damsterdiep and about {{convert|14|km}} from Groningen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nl.distance.to/Ten%20Post/Groningen |title=Distance Ten Post → Groningen|website=distance.to |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
==History==
The village was first mentioned in 1380 as Tenpost, and means "at the simple bridge".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/tenpost |title=Ten Post - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Around 1425, the {{ill|Damsterdiep|nl|Damsterdiep (kanaal)}}, a canal from Groningen to [[Delfzijl]], was dug, and Ten Post started to developed at the intersection of the canal and the road from [[Stedum]] to {{ill|Wittewierum|nl}}.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0117.php |title=Ten Post |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>
There used to be three ''[[borg (castle)|borg]]s'' (castles) near Ten Post: Tuwinga, Oldenhuis and Tamminghahuizen.<ref name="borg">{{cite book|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/boeken/view?query=Oldenhuis+Ten+Post&objectsearch=Oldenhuis&coll=boeken&identifier=MMSFUBA02:000010841:00034 |title=De Ommelander Borgen en hare bewoners in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw |year=1906 |author=J.A. Feith |location=Groningen |publisher=Wolters |language=nl |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>{{rp|17}} Oldenhuis was built in the mid-14th century<ref name="borg"/>{{rp|137}} and Tuwinga was built nearby in the early 15th century.<ref name="borg"/>{{rp|165}} The owners of the two ''borgs'' did not get along and feuded over the ownership of the road along their castles. On several occasions, it escalated into an armed conflict. In 1631, Oldenhuis was bought by Edzard Rengers, the owner of Tuwinga. Oldenhuis was neglected, and demolished in 1715.<ref name="borg"/>{{rp|137}} Tuwinga lasted until 1788.<ref name="borg"/>{{rp|165}}
The [[Reformed Churches in the Netherlands|Reformed Church]] was the first church constructed in Ten Post in 1845, and was rebuilt in 1870. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1870 as a simple building with a [[ridge turret]]. <ref name="monument"/>
The [[grist mill]] Olle Widde (Old White) was built in or before 1812. In 1922, an electro motor was installed. The wind mill remained in operation until around 1967. In 1977, it was sold and restored, however the owner also ran a second-hand car dealership near the wind mill. By 1989, it had deteriorated and was locked into place. In 2009, it was sold to Koning who wanted to open a restaurant near the mill, and in 2011, Olle Widde was back in operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=367 |title=Olle Widde |website=Molendatabase |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Ten Post was home to 228 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ten-post |title=Ten Post |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Around 1935, a [[vertical-lift bridge]] over the Damsterdiep.<ref name="monument"/> Ten post used to part of the municipality of [[Ten Boer]] until 2019 when it was merged into [[Groningen]].<ref name="plaats"/>
==Gallery==
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File:Ten Post, korenmolen De Olle Widde RM9787 IMG 9046 2019-04-07 12.21.jpg|Wind mill De Olle Widde
File:Ten Post - Rijksweg 213.jpg|Former shop
File:Ten Post - voormalige hervormde kerk.jpg|Former Dutch Reformed church
File:Oldenhuis.png|Drawing of Borg Oldenhuis (17th century)
</gallery>
==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Dutch municipality Groningen}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
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