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Bolsward (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔlsʋɑrt] ⓘ, West Frisian: Boalsert) is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek. [3]
Southwest Friesland (West Frisian: Súdwest-Fryslân [ˈsytʋɛst ˈfrislɔ̃ːn]) 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. [6] With a total area of 841.56 km 2, Southwest-Friesland is the largest municipality by area in the ...
Makkum is a village of Súdwest-Fryslân municipality, west of Bolsward on the banks of the lake IJsselmeer in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,460 in January 2017, [3] making it the largest village of the former municipally Wûnseradiel. North and south of Makkum are nature reserves Noardwaard and ...
The name Zuider Ee is well explained based on the orientation of the map image, where the Dokkumer Ee between Leeuwarden and Dokkum is considered the northern Ee, while the part between Dokkum and Ezumazijl is considered the southern Ee. This orientation of the map image was quite rare in the northern Netherlands. [1]
Witmarsum (West Frisian: Wytmarsum) is a village in the northern Netherlands. It is located in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland. Witmarsum had a population of around 1,735 in January 2017. [3] Witmarsum was birthplace of Menno Simons (1496–1561), the leader of what would become the Mennonites.
Easterein (Dutch: Oosterend) 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 on the Oosterendervaart, which connects the Wijnsevaart and the Hidaardervaart with ...
The village originated in the Middle Ages in the northwest corner of the pits southeast of Bolsward. The village was unlocked with two ferries to the Wimerts. The earliest portrayal of the village on the acreage map in the Schotanus atlas of 1664 shows a compact village building around the church and here and there are farms that are sometimes ...
Hartwerd (West Frisian: Hartwert) is a small village, near Bolsward, in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had around 125 residents in January 2017. [3] A restored historic windmill, De Oegekloostermolen, which was built before 1830 stands near the village.