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A terp, also known as a wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt or værft, is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding. The various terms used reflect the regional dialects of the North European region.
Hegebeintum is home to the highest artificial dwelling hill, or terp, in the Netherlands, measuring around 8.8 metres (29 ft) tall. [4] The high ground of the terp was historically used as a place of refuge during unusually high tides and storm floods, and also had a number of dwellings.
Theoretical ex-rights price (TERP) is a situation where the stock and the right attached to the stock is separated. TERP is a calculated price for a company's stock shares after issuing new rights-shares, assuming that all these newly issued shares are taken up by the existing shareholders. The consequence would be that the price will be lower ...
Hantum is a terp (artificial living mound) village which developed several centuries before Christ. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the late-12th century and was enlarged in the 16th century. In 1807, the tower was built. [6] The polder mill De Hantumermolen was built in 1880. In 1957, the stock broke and an electromotor was installed.
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The evidence for this are the dwelling mounds or terps (værfter) in the area that are built after the same method as the ones alongside the Wadden Sea further south. [35] Colonists from the south also settled down in Misthusum in the Ballum marshes near Skærbæk during the 12th of 13th century. According to documents around 1400 at least some ...
The Hallig became smaller as a result of numerous storm surges over the centuries. The second terp (Warft) of the Hallig was destroyed in a storm flood in 1850, so today's Oland consists of one large terp in the Wadden Sea. [2] Since 1927, Oland and Langeneß have been connected to the mainland by a dam with a narrow-gauge railway.
Schettens is an old terp (artificial living hill) village near the former Marneslenk. Most of the terp has been excavated from 1830 onwards, and a stone wall has been built to protect the church. [5] [6] The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1865 as a replacement for the medieval church.