Het Bildt
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 Waadhoeke
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Area - land - water |
116.48 km 2 92.33 km 2 24.15 km 2 |
| Residents | 10,530 (Dec. 31, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 16 ' N , 5 ° 39' E |
| Important traffic route |
  
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| prefix | 0518 |
| Postcodes | 9074-9079 |
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Het Bildt ( ) ( West Frisian It Bilt ) is a former municipality in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It was dissolved on January 1, 2018 and merged with the communities of Menameradiel , Franekeradeel and some villages of Littenseradiel to form the new community of Waadhoeke . It had 10,530 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017). It was named for the landscape with which it was essentially identical.
language
In the landscape of Het Bildt, Bildts is spoken, a Dutch dialect with West Frisian influences. In Minnertsga, which has only belonged to the municipality of Het Bildts since 1984 , the West Frisian language is spoken.
Location and economy
Het Bildt is about 15 km northwest of the provincial capital Leeuwarden and north of Franeker , and is bounded in the north by the Wadden Sea coast. There are no cars or railways in the municipality. An express bus service runs between Leeuwarden and St. Annaparochie.
Het Bildt is located in the "Bouwhoek", the "arable corner" of Friesland. The potatoes grown here are famous , including the Bildtstar variety named after the community . Increasingly, commuters who work in the city of Leeuwarden are settling in St Annaparochie . In St. Annaparochie there is also an industrial park with several small businesses.
places
- Sint Annaparochie: (Name on picture: Sint-Anne). Sint Annaparochie was the administrative center. In this village with about 5000 inhabitants there are also several schools, shops etc. The village has an octagonal church that was built in 1682. In 1634 the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia van Uylenburgh in this village . A modern monument in the village commemorates this marriage.
The other places in the parish are:
- Minnertsga (Minnertsgea): with about 1850 inhabitants; the village is on a mound : arisen (Frisian terp). It has a medieval village church, which was given a new tower in the 16th century.
- Sint Jacobiparochie (Sint-Jabik): with about 1800 inhabitants
- Vrouwenparochie (Froubuurt): with about 750 inhabitants; In the village there is a remarkable church built in 1670.
- Oudebildtzijl (Ouwe-Syl): with a population of around 1000; the village along a dike used to have a small harbor; the old lock on the Siel ( zijl ) will be restored shortly.
- Nij Altoenna: 725 inhabitants
- Westhoek (De Westhoek): with about 275 inhabitants
- small hamlets in the municipality are Nieuwebildtzijl (Nije-Syl), Vrouwbuurtstermolen and Zwarte Haan
history
In 1505 the arm of the Wadden Sea , called Middelzee , was partly polded. Oudebildtzijl soon emerged along the 14 km long dike. Since the dike builders and colonists were not Frisians but Dutch , including many Catholics from the vicinity of Dordrecht , a separate community emerged that spoke a Dutch dialect. In the early 17th century a new polder was created around Nieuwebildtzijl. The ending zijl means "Siel".
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| CDA | 5 | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Frije Bilkerts | - | - | 2 | 4th |
| Werkgroep het Bildt | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 |
| PvdA | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| VVD | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Waling Dykstra (* 1821 in Vrouwenparochie; † 1914), Frisian poet
- Jan de Vries (* 1944 in Sint Jacobiparochie), Dutch motorcycle racer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2002 ( Memento of the original dated June 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2006 2010 2014 , accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
