In 2005 "
Doodstil" was honoured to have the most beautiful village name in the Netherlands. It can be translated literally as 'dead-still' or 'mouse-still.
Doodstil is a hamlet with about 100 inhabitants in the Groninger region Hogeland.
The name however relates most likely to a (man's) first name
Doode or
Doede, and '
til' is an old Dutch name for the 'bridge'. So '
Doodstil' means in fact 'Bridge of Doode', and it's a modest one too as you can see on the photo.
