Sint-Annaparochie

History

The village was first mentioned after 1570 as "altoenae, s. annen parochie", and means "parish of Saint Anne". It was originally called Altoenae after the estate near Delft which was the neighbourhood where Dirk Oem van Wijngaarden, one of the first settlers, grew up. In 1504, a deal was struck between George, Duke of Saxony and four noblemen from Holland to polder the Middelzee. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed and the village was created by the reclamation of the Bildt. The village was founded as one of the three settlements where the workers involved in the reclamation of the Bildt lived. Sint Annaparochie turned into a linear settlement at the intersection of the Middelweg with the Noordervaart. The village became the capital of the municipality of het Bildt. Beach house Den Bildtpollen was built to the north of Sint Annaparochie in 1899 as residential home and conference centre in Renaissance Revival style. Until 2018, the village was part of het Bildt municipality.

Most-observed species

• Common Pipistrelle

  Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  24,277
• Nathusius's Bat

  Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) · Mammalia
  9,525
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,852
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,632
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,567
• Noctule Bat

  Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  6,502
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,292
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,763

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2025-11-14
  0 km ESE of Uithuizen, Netherlands
• M 2.7 — 2022-09-24
  3 km SSW of Spijk, Netherlands
• M 3.2 — 2019-05-22
  1 km E of Warffum, Netherlands
• M 3.4 — 2013-02-07
  1 km NE of Usquert, Netherlands
• M 3.4 — 2012-08-16
  1 km NNE of Loppersum, Netherlands
• M 3.3 — 2008-10-30
  2 km SSW of Usquert, Netherlands