Goënga () 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 ...

municipality 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

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. It had a population of around 240 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 13th century as Goingum, and means "settlement of the people of Goaije". Goënga 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 from the middle ages. It was located to the east of 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 ...

. It was connected to

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 ...

via a canal. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1758 and has a tower from 1787 which contains a bell from 1342 made by Stephanus. The former clergy house has been turned into a private house. Goënga was home to 183 people in 1840. Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality. Nowadays it a part of the

Gallery

File:In het 't Pollehout in Goenga..JPG, Houses in Goënga File:Goënga, dorp in Súdwest-Fryslân.jpg, View on Goënga

References

Súdwest-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub