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Dantumadiel
Dantumadiel () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture. History The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 1242. At that time Dantumadiel, or ''Donthmadeil'' as it was then known, was a part of the Winninghe district, the northern part of Oostergo. The grietenij (municipality) Dantumadiel was led by a grietman (mayor) who was holding office in Rinsumageast and Dantumawâld. The Dutch Municipalities Act of 1851 (Dutch: Gemeentewet van 1851) abolished the grietenijen, which automatically became gemeenten (municipalities) headed by a mayor. Population centres The Dantumadiel municipality is composed of 11 towns with a total of 19,030 inhabitants in 2014; the towns and their 2014 populations are listed in the table. Source: Website Dantumadiel municipality * Including Fean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feanwâldsterwâl (Dantumadiel)
Feanwâldsterwâl () is a village in the Dantumadiel and Tytsjerksteradiel municipalities of Friesland, Netherlands. It had a population of around 420 in 2021; however, Feanwâldsterwâl is not a statistical entity, and the population count is only an estimate. Together with the village of Feanwâlden, it has a village interest association group under the name ''Vereniging van Dorpsbelangen Veenwouden / Veenwoudsterwal e.o.'' History The village Feanwâldsterwâl originated as a peat colony of Feanwâlden. It was possibly founded by Gieterse Mennonites from Feanwâlden, alongside the water that has long formed the boundary between the municipalities and former Grietenijen Dantumadiel and Tytsjerksteradiel. The place was mentioned in 1664 as ''Diepswal''. This was the original place name and most of the occupancy at the time was on the waterside of Dantumadiel.Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinsumageast
Rinsumageast () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 965 in 2017. The village is locally called ''De Geest'' (Dutch) or ''De Geast''Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Dutch) (West Frisian). History The modern village of Rinsumageast has its origins on the sand ridge in the northwestern edge of the Dokkumer Wouden. It is possible that the place originated on an artificial dwelling mound, an so called terp in the clay soil area within the village area, there were several terpen there and in the vicinity. In a 12th century copy of documents from 825 and 944, the place ''Ringesheim'' was indicated in this area. In the 12th century there is place that was called ''Rynsegum''. Around 1100 a church was built on the sand ridge, about 500 meters from two terpen. A village developed on the sand ridge, which is referred to in the 13th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driezum
Driezum () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 850 in 2017. Together with Wâlterswâld it forms the twin village of Driezum-Wâlterswâld. The residential center of Driezum and the southern residential center of Wâlterswâld form a unit. The two villages have many common associations and a common village community centre, which is located in Wâlterswâld. On the eastern side of Driezum lies the hamlet Eastwâld. History The place Driezum is mentioned in the 12th century as ''Dresem''.Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Dutch) This spelling also occurs in 1486-873 as well as in 1543. In the 16th century the maps speak of ''Dresum''. In 1520 Peter van Thabor calls the village ''Dryesen''. The village lies on a sand ridge in the scenic landscape of the Dokkumer Wouden. It is more than possible that the village original was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damwâld
Damwâld is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands. In 2020 it had 5630 citizens. This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel. History The present day village of Damwâld is a merged place of three older villages, merged in 1971. The three villages were; Dantumawoude ''(Dantumawâld)'', Akkerwoude ''(Ikkerwâld)'' and Murmerwoude ''(Moarrewâld)''. But it was in the 19th century that the villages started really growing together already. From the second half of that century the buildings strongly densified and in 1880 along the Murmerlaan (later named the Haadwei) the first tram track of Friesland was opened, a horse track. The municipality decided to move the town hall to Murmerwoude. Up until 1881 this was located in the village of Rinsumageast. The move was a bit surprising considering the fact that Murmerwoude was the smallest of the three villages and Dantumawoude which the municipality is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibrandahûs
Sibrandahûs () is a small village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 40 in 2017. It is located just west of Dokkum. Sibrandahûs has no real residential core, the village consists of wide meadows with light habitation and a church placed in a tree seam. The village could also be called a hamlet, but because it has a church and it is the official residential center it is considered a village. On the corner of the Trekwei and the Burdaarderstrjitwei stands the windmill called Windmotor Sijbrandahuis. History The village originates from on an artificial dwelling mound, a so-called terp. The church of the light inhabited terp was built around 1300 nearby on very low laying land. This was possible in that period because Friesland had become more diked. It was long thought that the church without a tower was a chapel range of a monastery Klaarkamp. This abbey monastery was located west of Sibrandahûs and the Klaaskampster Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Readtsjerk
Readtsjerk () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 185 in 2017. The village consists of a few small and sparsely populated neighborhoods and has no real residential center. Together with the almost similar village Mûnein it forms a kind of twin village, under the name '' Mûnein-Readtsjerk ''. North to northeast of the village lies a restored windmill called De Hoop. History Probably at the beginning of the 12th century, a church was built on the edge of the Trynwâlden, a sand ridge. This church, called the Readtsjerkje, was a towerless church built of tuff Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock co .... These had a red colour and that is probably the reason of the place name is named after the red couler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Falom
De Falom () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether .... It had a population of 235 in 2017. History The Falom originated along the Falomster Feart, which was dug in the 16th century. The canal was built for the exploitation of the peat area in which it was located. Along the canal, habitation gradually developed and so a hamlet developed. In 1664 the hamlet was mentioned as ''Vall-om'', in 1718 as ''De Vallom'' and in 1786 as ''de Valom''. The place name could probably refer to a dilapidated house or building. De Tegenwoordige Staat van Friesland described the hamlet at the end of the 18th century as a neighborhood with more than 20 houses. It reports that in the past a lot of peat was dug here. But b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wâlterswâld
Wâlterswâld () is a village in Dantumadiel municipality, Friesland, the Netherlands. The village had a population of approximately 920 in 2017. The village as two residential centers, a northern and southern center. The southern center forms a unit with the residential center of the village Driezum. Therefore together with Driezum it forms the twin village of Driezum-Wâlterswâld. The two villages have many common associations and a common village community centre, called De Nije Warf and which is located in Wâlterswâld. History The place was probably founded on the artificial dwelling mound, an so called terp called ''Walthiem'' and which was located southeast of Dokkum and north of the modern village of Wâlterswâld. The modern village of Wâlterswâld may be an slowly relocation from the actual terp site to the peat swamp area south of it that was called ''Walters halen'' in 1402.Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broeksterwâld
Broeksterwâld () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands. In 2017, it had a population of around 1,100. History The area in which Broeksterwâld arose was mentioned in 1452/3 as ''Broe(c)k'' and in 1580 as ''Broeick''. It was a swampy peatland near the edge of the Dokkumer Wouden, Dokkumer woods. It was then a mainly uninhabited and uncultivated area around the villages Akkerwoude Akkerwoude () is a former village in the Frisian municipality of Dantumadiel. On 1 January 1971 Akkerwoude, Dantumawoude and Murmerwoude were combined to form Damwâld Damwâld is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the N ..., Murmerwoude and Dantumawoude. The first mention of the peatland refers to the making (and the maintenance) of a road through the peatland from ''Broek'' to the ''Swatte''. Probably for the first reclamation of the peatland. The road later became the Schwartzenberglaan, Singel and de Goddeloze Singel. In 1718 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feanwâlden
Feanwâlden () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,430 in 2014. Together with the village of Feanwâldsterwâl Feanwâldsterwâl () is a village in the Dantumadiel and Tytsjerksteradiel municipalities of Friesland, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, ov ..., a former hamlet of Feanwâlden, it has a village interest association group under the name: ''Vereniging van Dorpsbelangen Veenwouden / Veenwoudsterwal e.o.''. History Feanwâlden originated from two small villages, Sint-Johanneswâld and Eslawâld. The first was near the Skierstins while the second place was a mile further southwest. Sint-Johanneswâld was mentioned in 1439 as ''Sunte Johannis walde'' and 1450 as ''Sunte Johanneswald''. Eslawâld was mentioned in 1450 as ''Essalawald''. In 1421 there was also a mention of ''Lillingwald'', possibly al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Westereen
De Westereen (sometimes referred to as ''De Westerein'' in West Frisian and as ''Zwaagwesteinde'' in Dutch) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 5,000 in 2017. History De Westereen lies on the edge of the clay ridge of Kollum and Kollumersweach. The place name refers to the fact it lies on the western end of it, on the edge of lower-lying peat area. In 1503 the place was mentioned as ''Westereynde'', in 1511 as ''Op eijnd, Swaga west eijnd'', in 1573 as ''Westen Eijnde'', in 1718 as ''Swaagwesterend'' and in 1786 as ''Zwaag-Westeinde''. Zwaag refers to the land where cattle were kept, the pasture. In the 18th century the village grew on the northern side on the peatland, which was cultivated at that time. Most dwellings of this extension were heather and turf huts. The number of the huts grew quickly beyond the number of the already existing small forest farms the on Foarstrjitte that where there when they star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friesland
Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (province), Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of Flevoland, northeast of North Holland, and south of the Wadden Sea. As of January 2023, the province had a population of about 660,000, and a total area of . The province is divided into 18 municipalities. The Capital city, capital and seat of the provincial government is the city of Leeuwarden (West Frisian: ''Ljouwert'', Liwwaddes: ''Liwwadde''), a city with 123,107 inhabitants. Other large municipalities in Friesland are Sneek (pop. 33,512), Heerenveen (pop. 50,257), and Smallingerland (includes town of Drachten, pop. 55,938). Since 2017, Arno Brok is the King's Commissioner in the province. A coalition of the Christian Democratic Appeal, the People's Party for Freedom a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
