Folsgare () is a village in
Súdwest-Fryslân
Southwest Friesland ( ) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 89,999 in January 2021. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Southwest-Friesland is ...
in the province of
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 (p ...
, 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 around 325 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Ffoldesgara and means "tapering pieces of land of Foldo (person)".
Folsgare is a ''
terp
A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...
'' (artificial living hill) village which developed in the middle ages.
It was located near the former
Middelzee
The Middelzee (Dutch language, Dutch for "middle sea"; ), also called Bordine, was the estuary mouth of the River Boorne (West Frisian: ''Boarn'') now in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland. It ran from as far south as Sneek northward to ...
.
The village was well connected to the outside world by waterways.
In 1498, Folsgare was attacked by the
Vetkopers who burned down the church causing the death of two villagers who had been hiding in the tower. The current church dates from 1875.
Folsgare was home to 141 people in 1840.
Before 2011, the village was part of the
Wymbritseradiel
Wymbritseradeel (; official ) was a rural municipality () in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality () of the same name existed from 1500 until 1984.
History
Wymbritseradeel was formed from the d ...
municipality. In the 21st century, the city of
Sneek
Sneek (; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdw ...
has extended its industrial zone to close to the village.
Gallery
File:Overzicht van de voorgevel van het huis - Folsgare - 20421499 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Folsgare
File:Folsgeare, Laurentiustsjerke.jpg, Church of Folsgare
References
External links
Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland
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