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Folkingestraat:

When you are in the Folkingestraat, you walk into the former Groningen Jewish quarter. Until 1942 this street was the centre of the Jewish quarter. In 1942, 2,450 Jewish people from Groningen were deported, in the following year another 300. According to the population register, in 1941 the city of Groningen had about 2,850 Jewish inhabitants who had met the definitions to be eligible for deportation. Only a few survived the concentration camps. In the Folkingestraat there were 191 Jewish residents. The last part of the Folkingestraat, which is a little bit of an extension of the street to the Zuiderdiep, was called the Jodenstraatje from 1756 to 1890, also called Sjoelgasse.The known addresses in this street were:

House number 36: Old Jewish school

House number 59: The birthplace of the singer Julia Culp

House number 60: Jewish Synagogue

Jewish life in this neighborhood, which ended abruptly with the deportations in 1943, is reminded by a number of works of art that can be found here on this street. 

The most famous works of art are: 

The "Portal": A door, without a handle, that leads nowhere. The history of Folkingestraat is hidden behind this closed door. A history that can no longer be told because the people who once lived there were carried away during the Second World War. This artwork can be found: click here 

Galgal Hamazalot: You literally walk through the entire street over this work of art by Joseph Semah. Take a good look at the ground here, because in the pavement of the Folkingestraat he made eleven bronze moon shapes, which together form a lunar cycle from the full moon to the new moon. With the full moon, if all the shapes were to be put together, an eye acting as a pupil would be created. The word moon in Hebrew means eye and is also associated with the number eleven because in Hebrew numbers are associated with words. For Semah, the lunar cycle is a metaphor for the life cycle and the cycles that make up history and future. This artwork can be found: This artwork is incorporated in the paving stones of the Folkingestraat. 

Korenbeurs:

The history of this building starts in the Middle Ages, because from then on the grain trade grew strongly in Groningen. In the 18th century a wooden building for trade was realized here. Because the trade continued to grow, this building was replaced in 1825 by a stone building with an open courtyard. Due to the unsatisfactory trade in the open air, the building you now stand in front of was opened in 1865. On either side of the entrance from this building were placed two zinc statues of Neptune and Ceres, the Roman god of the sea and the goddess of agriculture respectively. On the ridge of the building you can see the statue of Mercury, the god of commerce. Together they refer to the great importance of trade, shipping and agriculture for the city of Groningen. 

A-kerk (Church):

Did you know that this place has actually been a graveyard? This was evicted in 1828 because it was no longer considered hygienic in the middle of the city centre.

Next to the Martinitoren, the A-church is the most important remaining medieval church in the city. The A-church was built in the 15th century and became a national monument. The church is no longer used as a church. Nowadays the church is used for events which, as you may understand, gives it a special atmosphere.