Wânswert

Wânswert Wanswerd
Village
Wânswert church and windmill
Location in the former Ferwerderadiel municipality
Wânswert Location in the Netherlands Show map of Friesland Wânswert Wânswert (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°18′5″N 5°51′0″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Noardeast-Fryslân
Area [1]
• Total	6.80 km^2 (2.63 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	220
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Postal code	9178[1]
Dialing code	0519

Wânswert (Dutch: Wanswerd) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 193 in January 2017.^[3] Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.^[4]

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Wandelswert, and means "terp of Wandilo."^[5] Wânswert is a terp (artificial living mound) village dating from several centuries before Christ. The choir of the Dutch Reformed church dates from 1335. The nave and tower were built in the 16th century.^[6]

In 1840, Wânswert was home to 343 people.^[4] The polder mill De Victor was built in 1867 and was built to replace six small windmill and three tjaskers. It was restored between 1975 and 1977, and since 2006 serves as a backup and sometimes aid to the pumping station.^[7] In the late-19th century, the southern side of the terp was excavated.^[6]

Gallery

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  Dutch Reformed church
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  The marina
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  View on Wânswert
• 
  Farm in Wânswert

Notable people

• Rein Halbersma [fy] (1949–2021), painter.^[8]

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2022. two entries
2. "Postcodetool for 9178GC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
3. Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Ferwerderadiel op 1 januari 2017 - Ferwerderadiel
4. "Wânswert". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
5. "Wânswert - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
6. Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Wanswerd" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
7. "De Victor". Molen database (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
8. "Rein Halbersma - schilder van 'lânskip en kij' - overleden". Leeuwarder Courant.

External links

Media related to Wânswert at Wikimedia Commons