Hidaard is a small 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 Netherlands. It had a population of around 130 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Hedawere, and means "''

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 ...

'' of Heda/Hidde (person)". Hidaard is a small ''

'' (artificial living hill) village on the eastern tip of the former

Easterein Easterein () is a village in the municipality Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is southeast of Wommels and southwest of Itens, in the middle of Bolsward, Sneek, Leeuwarden and Franeker. The center is situated ...

peninsula. It is still located on a dead-end road. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1873 and is a replacement of a medieval church. According to a legend, the first church was founded in 1303. During the restoration, the grave of the last abbot of the

Bloemkamp Abbey Bloemkamp Abbey (, also ''Oldeklooster''; ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Netherlands, located in Hartwerd in the municipality of Wûnseradiel to the north-east of Bolsward, in the province of Friesland. History The abbey was founded in app ...

discovered in the church. Hidaard was home to 146 people in 1840. Before 2018, the village was part of the

Littenseradiel Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, known in Dutch as Littenseradeel (). The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by a merger of the former municipalities Baarderadeel and Hennaarderadeel. On 1 January 201 ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to

Hennaarderadeel Hennaarderadeel (Dutch: Hennaarderadeel, Frisian: Hinnaarderadiel) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland, southwest of Leeuwarden. Located in the northern Netherlands, the area was known for its predominantly rural ...

municipality.

Gallery

File:Hidaard, Buorren 4.jpg, Farm in Hidaard File:Hidaardinwinter.JPG, View on Hidaard

References

External links

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