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Niehove is the village in the Dutch province of [[Groningen (Netherlands)|Groningen]] where [[Leenaert Bouwens (1515-1582)|Leenaert Bouwens]] in 1568-1582 baptized 25 persons. A separate congregation of Niehove is not known. The Mennonites baptized by Bouwens may have joined the [[Humsterland (Groningen, Netherlands)|Humsterland]] congregation. At Gaaikemaweer, a hamlet near Niehove, meetings were held in the 16th and 17th centuries.
= Bibliography =
Waard, Sytze Klazes de. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Aanteekeningen uit de geschiedenis van Doopsgezinden in 't westerkwartier, provincie Groningen, in 't algemeen en uit de geschiedenis van de Doopsgezinde Gemeente Pieterzijl-Grijpskerk in 't bijzonder. </em>Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1901: 9.

= Maps =
[[Map:Niehove (Groningen)|Map:Niehove (Groningen)]]
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