Bethlehem, Groningen

Bethlehem is a hamlet just west of the village of Rottum, in the Dutch province of Groningen. Since 2019, it is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland.^[1]

Bethlehem in 2014

Bethlehem is built at the location of a Benedictine nunnery. Together with the St. Juliana's Abbey a small distance to the north, the nunnery was mentioned in 1291 as the Conventus St. Juliane in Rotthem.^[2] The church of the abbey was broken down in 1658, and nothing of the abbey remains nowadays.

53°23′0″N 6°36′35″E

References

1. "Bethlehem" (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
2. Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 2 (B), 1840.