Terkaple is a village in
De Fryske Marren
De Fryske Marren () is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2014 and consists of the former municipalities of Gaasterlân-Sleat, Lemsterland, Skarsterlân and parts of Boarnsterhim, all four of whi ...
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
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. It had a population of around 220 in 2017.
History
It was first mentioned in the 13th century Cappelghe, and means chapel. It refers to a private chapel by the Oenema family near their house.
Most of the land around Terkaple and the neighbouring villages of
Terherne
Terherne () is a village in De Fryske Marren in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the ...
and
Akmarijp were owned by the Oeneme family. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1854 as a replacement of a medieval church on the same location of the chapel. In 1840, Terkaple was home to 107 people.
Before 2014, Terkaple was part of the
Skarsterlân
Skarsterlân (; ) is a former municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. The municipality was created 1 January 1984 by merging the municipalities of Doniawerstal and Haskerland, the part of Utingeradeel consisting of the vil ...
municipality and before 1984 it was part of
Utingeradeel.
Gallery
File:Terkaple (actm) 01.jpg, Pumping station
File:Nummer 4, "Oenemastate", aanzicht - Terkaple - 20207577 - RCE.jpg, Oenemastate
File:Terkaple (actm) 10.jpg, Street view
File:Nummer 62, vooraanzicht - Terkaple - 20207580 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Terkaple
References
External links
De Fryske Marren
Populated places in Friesland
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