Nuis

Nuis is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the Dutch province of Groningen. The name comes from nij huis, which has been assimilated to Nuis. According to the CBS, the village has 670 inhabitants. The village is located between the villages of Marum and Leek. On the east side of the village lies the nearly twin village of Niebert, with which Nuis shares a common residential axis. Outside the built-up area, the postal area of Nuis extends further to the west than to the east. On the east side of the village, Nuis outside the built-up area almost directly transitions into the postal area of Niebert. On the west side are the hamlet 't Malijk and the village of Marum. To the north of Nuis are the village of Lucaswolde and the Old Deep, and to the south is the Jonkersvaart. The village used to belong to the surrounding area of Vredewold and is on the same sandy ridge as Marum, Niebert, De Holm, and Tolbert. In the Middle Ages, this sandy ridge in the Westerkwartier became populated again, and around the 10th century, they also began to excavate the surrounding peat. In Nuis and Niebert, this created the characteristic landscape of rising heaths, from the Old Deep to far into the peat areas near Zevenhuizen. Thus, the then owner of the Coendersborg expanded his lands to such an extent that it led to a confrontation with the Lord of Nienoord at the Bolmeer.

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