{{Infobox settlement | name = Makkinga | native_name = Makkingea | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Weyert Makkinga 01.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Windmill ''De Weyert'' | image_flag = Makkinga flag.gif | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Eaststellingwerf Makkingea.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Ooststellingwerf municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|52|59|N|6|13|E|display=title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Ooststellingwerf}} Ooststellingwerf | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 16.59 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8423SB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 5 | 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=1 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 1,020 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 8423<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0516 | iso_code = | footnotes = }} '''Makkinga''' ({{langx|fy|Makkingea}}) is a village in the Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. On 1 January 2017, it had 1,040 inhabitants.<ref>[https://www.ooststellingwerf.nl/inwoners/dorpen_42128/ Villages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010218/https://www.ooststellingwerf.nl/inwoners/dorpen_42128/ |date=2017-09-28 }} - Ooststellingwerf Municipality {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
Makkinga is known among transportation planners and engineers as the first community to introduce the concept of shared space, which means the removal of traffic controls in the high street to encourage safer interaction between vehicles and pedestrians.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1527 Mackinge(n) and means "settlement of the people of Makke (person)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/makkinga |title=Makkinga - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Makkinga is a peat excavation village with a similar shape as an ''esdorp'' but without a communal pasture. It started to developed from the 15th century onwards. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1777 and is a replacement of an earlier church.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0096.php |title=Kollum |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>
Makkinga was home to 294 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/makkinga |title=Makkinga |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Between 1848 until 1886, it was the capital of the Ooststellingwerf municipality.<ref name="monument"/>
==Attractions== In Makkinga, the Old Ark museum is devoted to old tools.<ref name="plaats"/> There is a restored windmill, ''De Weyert'', in the village. It was originally built in 1868 as a sawmill in Gorredijk. In 1925, it was moved to Makkinga and converted to a gristmill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=97 |title=De Weyert |website=Molen database |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> On the last Saturday of the month from March to October, a large flea market is organized in the village.<ref name="plaats"/>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Bonifatiustsjerke, Makkingea.jpg|Church of Makkinga File:Rommelmarktmakkinga.JPG|Flea market File:Makkinga bw.jpg|Welcome to Makkinga </gallery>
==Notable residents== * Jan Kromkamp (born 1980), footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=23142 |title=Jan Kromkamp |website=Soccer base |access-date=1 April 2022 }}</ref>
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Category:Geography of Ooststellingwerf Category:Populated places in Friesland