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Witmarsum, Friesland
Witmarsum ( fry, Wytmarsum) is a village in the northern Netherlands. It is located in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland. Witmarsum had a population of around 1,735 in January 2017. Witmarsum was place of birth of Menno Simons (1496–1561), the leader of what would become the Mennonites. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Witmarsum, and means "settlement of Witmer (person)". Witmarsum is a '' terp'' (artificial living hill) village which developed in the early middle ages. The village used to concentrate on the ''terp'', along the canal and along the road from Bolsward to Harlingen. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1633 as a replacement of its medieval predecessor, because it was damaged by a lightning strike. The tower was again replaced in 1819. Witmarsum contains four churches: a Dutch Reformed church, a Catholic church, a former Reformed Church and a modest Mennonite church. Witmarsum was home to 659 people in 1840. In 1879, an obelisk was ere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Simons
Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites. "Menno Simons" () is the Dutch version of his name; the Frisian version is Minne Simens (), the possessive "s" creating a patronym meaning "Minne, son of Simen" (cf. English family names like Williams and Rogers). Biography Early life Menno Simons was born in 1496 in Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire. Very little is known concerning his childhood and family except that he grew up in a poor peasant environment. His father's name was Simon, Simons being a patronym, and he had a brother named Pieter. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformed Churches In The Netherlands
{{Infobox Christian denomination , name = Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch ''Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland'') , image = , caption = , main_classification = Protestant , orientation = Calvinist , polity = Presbyterianism , founded_date = 1892 , founded_place = , separated_from = Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch ''Nederlands Hervormde Kerk'') , parent = , merger = , separations = 1926 Gereformeerde Kerken in Hersteld Verband ("Reformed Churches in Restored Union")1944 Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt) ("Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)") , associations = , area = The Netherlands , congregations = 857 at the time of merger , members = 675,000 at the time of merger , footnotes = The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands ( nl, Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, abbreviated ''Gereformeerde kerk'') was the second largest Protestant church in the Netherlands and one of the two major Calvinist denominations along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Pankoekstermolen, Witmarsum
De Pankoekstermolen is a smock mill in Witmarsum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1900. It has been restored to working order and is designated as being in reserve. It is listed as a Rijksmonument. History ''De Pankoekstermolen'' was built in 1900 to drain the Oosthemmerpolder. It replaced a mill built in 1817 that was struck by lightning and burned down in 1899. ''De Pankoekstermolen'' was built by millwright J H Westra of Franeker, Friesland. A diesel engine was installed in the mill in 1967. Until 1975, the mill was fitted with Patent sails. Construction of a new pumping station in 1976 made the mill redundant; the diesel engine was then removed. A restoration of the mill was carried out by millwright Westra of Franeker in 1975-76. On 21 June 1977, ''De Pankoekstermolen'' was sold to Stichting De Fryske Mole, the 15th mill bought by that organisation. In 2006, the mill was officially designated as being held in reserve. A new restoration was begun in 2014. It is lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Onderneming, Witmarsum
De Onderneming (; en, The Company) is a smock mill in Witmarsum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1850 and is in working order. It is used as a training mill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument. History ''De Onderneming'' was built in 1850, probably by millwright Van der Meer of Harlingen, Friesland. The foundation stone was laid on 17 September. In 1896, the mill was bought by Geurt Stoffels. It passed to his son Heimen in 1956. Following Heimen's death in 1968, the mill fell into disrepair. It was bought by the Gemeente Wûnseradiel. Restoration took place in 1970-71. Further restorations took place in 1988 and 1994. The mill is in the ownership of the Stichting tot Behoud van Momumenten in de gemeente Súdwest Fryslân. Used as a training mill, it is listed as a Rijksmonument, № 39437. Description ''De Onderneming'' is what the Dutch describe as a "Stellingmolen". It is a smock mill on a wooden base. The stage is above ground level. The smock and cap are tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some parts of the English speaking world. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century. Regarded as an icon of Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines may have been known earlier, but there is no clear evidence of windmills before the 9th century. Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.Dietrich Lohrmann, "Von der östli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transformer
A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core, which induces a varying electromotive force (EMF) across any other coils wound around the same core. Electrical energy can be transferred between separate coils without a metallic (conductive) connection between the two circuits. Faraday's law of induction, discovered in 1831, describes the induced voltage effect in any coil due to a changing magnetic flux encircled by the coil. Transformers are used to change AC voltage levels, such transformers being termed step-up or step-down type to increase or decrease voltage level, respectively. Transformers can also be used to provide galvanic isolation between circuits as well as to couple stages of signal-processing circuits. Since the invention of the first constant-potential transfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achlum
Achlum is a village in the Waadhoeke municipality of Friesland, Netherlands. It is approximately 7km southwest of the city of Franeker. Achlum had about 629 inhabitants in January 2014. - Franekeradeel History Before 2018, the village was part of the municipality. The village has a church which dates from the 12th century and is placed atop a so-called mound. Around the year 1260 there was a priory of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arum, Netherlands
Arum is a village in the Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is about 5 km southeast of the city of Harlingen. The village itself has about 895 inhabitants. The surrounding countryside that belongs to Arum, including the hamlets of and , has a population of about 180 in January 2017. History The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Aeldrum, and could mean "settlement of Alder (person)". Arum is a ''terp'' (artificial living mound) village which dates from the beginning of our era and was located at the Marneslenk. In 1380, the was fought near the village between the monks of the monasteries Ludingakerk (near Midlum) and Oldeklooster (near Hartwert), in which more than 130 men died. The Arumer Zwarte Hoop (Black Hope of Arum) was an army of peasants and mercenaries led by Grutte Pier (Pier Gerlofs Donia) who revenged the failed attack of Holland on Friesland, and as a pirate army plundered and raided cities in Holland from 1515 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingjum
Pingjum ( fry, Penjum) is a village in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, in the northern Netherlands and lies southwest of Harlingen. It had a population of around 585 in January 2017. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Penningem, and means "settlement of Penne (person)". Pingjum is a '' terp'' (artificial living hill) village from the early middle ages which developed on the Marneslenk in a grid structure. According to legend, the earliest settlers were shepherds from Drenthe who decided to build the terps and around 1100 added dikes for further protection against the sea. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church was built in the 12th or 13th century and was enlarged in the 15th century. The church dates from around 1500 and was enlarged in 1759. A water well is located next to the choir. In 1524, Menno Simons became priest at the church. Simons started to preach against militarism and was baptised as an adult. His breach with the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wûnseradiel
Wûnseradiel () is a former municipality in the Friesland province of the northern Netherlands, at the eastern end of the ''Afsluitdijk''. The official (legal) name of the municipality is in the West Frisian language, though it is known as Wonseradeel () in Dutch. In 2011 it was merged with the municipalities of Bolsward, Nijefurd, Sneek and Wymbritseradiel forming the new municipality Súdwest-Fryslân.http://www.fusiesudwestfryslan.nl/ (dutch website from the municipality, stating: "Bolsward, Nijefurd, Sneek, Wûnseradiel and Wymbritseradiel are merged since 1 January 2011".) Towns and villages Allingawier, Arum, Burgwerd, Cornwerd, Dedgum, Exmorra, Ferwoude, Gaast, Hartwerd, Hichtum, Hieslum, Idsegahuizum, Kimswerd, Kornwerderzand, Lollum, Longerhouw, Makkum, Parrega, Piaam, Pingjum, Schettens, Schraard, Tjerkwerd, Witmarsum, Wons, Zurich. Hamlets Arkum, Atzeburen, Baarderburen, Baburen, Breezanddijk, De Blokken, Dijksterburen, Doniaburen, Ee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obelisk
An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and called ''tekhenu'', the Greeks used the Greek term to describe them, and this word passed into Latin and ultimately English. Ancient obelisks are monolithic; they consist of a single stone. Most modern obelisks are made of several stones. Ancient obelisks Egyptian Obelisks were prominent in the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, and played a vital role in their religion placing them in pairs at the entrance of the temples. The word "obelisk" as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveler, was one of the first classical writers to describe the objects. A number of ancient Egyptian obelisks are known to have survived, plus the " Unfinished Obelisk" found p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
