Jouswier is a small village in

Noardeast-Fryslân Noardeast-Fryslân is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2019 and consists of the former municipalities of Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, all three of which disso ...

in the province of

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It had a population of around 44 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the

Dongeradeel Dongeradeel (; fy, Dongeradiel ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northern Netherlands. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality N ...

municipality. It is located on 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 ...

'' (artificial living mound) to the northeast of

Dokkum Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. It has 12,669 inhabitants (February 8, 2020). The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the ''bolwerken'' (bulwarks) ...

and to the southeast of Metslawier.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1495 as Juusweer, and means "''

'' of Jouw(we) (person)". The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1557 and the tower dates from 1752. It was restored in 1987. A large part of the ''terp'' has been excavated. In 1840, Jouswier was home to 59 people.

Gallery

File:Jouswier.jpg, View on Jouswier File:Hervormde kerk op de terp van Jouswier.jpg, View on Jouswier File:Boerderij op de Terp van Jouswier.JPG, Farm in Jouswier

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