Jirnsum () is a village in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...

municipality in the province of

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, the

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. It had a population of around 1,360 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned between 1399 and 1401 as Yrntzom, and means "settlement of the people of Irin". Jirnsum developed as 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 mound) living along the river. Later, it became a road village. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1877. The

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church dates from 1684 and received its current form in 1866. In 1840, Jirnsum was home to 525 people. In 1868, the Grou-Jirnsum railway station opened. Before 2014, Jirnsum was part of

Boarnsterhim Boarnsterhim (; ) was a municipality in the northern Netherlands. On 1 January 2014, the municipality was dissolved and its territory was split between four other municipalities: De Friese Meren, which was established that day, Leeuwarden, Heeren ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Rauwerdhem.

Notable people

Martijn Theodoor Houtsma Martijn Theodoor Houtsma (15 January 1851, in Irnsum, Friesland – 9 February 1943, in Utrecht), often referred to as M. Th. Houtsma, was a Dutch orientalist and professor at the University of Utrecht. He was a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Ac ...

(1851–1943), orientalist and professor.

Gallery

File:Sluis bij de dille. (d.j.b.) 07.jpg, Sluice at the Dille River File:Jirnsumer kat.JPG, Cat statue File:Overzicht voorgevel en linker zijgevel - Jirnsum - 20334309 - RCE.jpg, House in Jirnsum File:Voorgevels - Irnsum - 20120339 - RCE.jpg, Streets or Jirnsum (1968)

References

Leeuwarden Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub