Editing Heiligerlee (section)

== History ==
From the year 1230 till the year 1594 a [[Premonstratensian|Norbertine]] nunnery (Mons Sinaï) stood in the village, the name of which is currently used as the name of the village Christian primary school.

The [[Battle of Heiligerlee (1536)|1536 Battle of Heiligerlee]] was part of the [[Guelders Wars]]. The Danish allies of Guelders were defeated by Habsburg forces.

The [[Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)|1568 Battle of Heiligerlee]] was the first battle that the [[Eighty Years' War|Dutch rebels]] won against the Spanish. The army led by [[Louis of Nassau|Louis]] and [[Adolf of Nassau (16th century)|Adolf of Nassau]] defeated the Spanish, but politically it was no success. Adolf even died during the fight. It was the first battle of importance fought in the [[Eighty Years' War]], and therefore often marked as its beginning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historiek.net/slag-bij-heiligerlee-1568/69188/|title=Slag bij Heiligerlee (1568) - Begin van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog|date=2018-05-23|website=Historiek|language=nl|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref>

On the 300th anniversary of the battle in 1868 the then ruling king [[William III of the Netherlands]] revealed a monument in commemoration of the battle.

From 1908 to 1934, the [[Heiligerlee railway stop]] on the [[Harlingen-Nieuweschans railway]] was located in the village.<ref>[http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=heiligerlee Stopplaats Heiligerlee] (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 8 May 2016.</ref>