Jorwert
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 Leeuwarden
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Area - land - water |
7.31 km 2 7.25 km 2 0.06 km 2 |
| Residents | 335 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 9 ' N , 5 ° 43' E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 058 |
| Postcodes | 8833-8834, 9022-9023 |
| Website | Homepage of Jorwert |
Jorwert ( West Frisian ; Dutch Jorwerd ) is a small town with 335 inhabitants in the municipality of Leeuwarden (1984 to 2017 Littenseradiel , previously Baarderadeel ) in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ).
Location
National road 359 is 3 km north and national road 384 is about 4 km west. After Mantgum in the south and Weidum the east there are km each second The inner city of Leeuwarden is about 9 km northeast of Jorwert.
The village church
The former Catholic and, after the Reformation, Protestant church in Jorwert in Sluytermanwei 4 is consecrated to the former bishop St. Radbod . The medieval church dates from the early 12th century and is built in Romanesque style with a round closed choir and a tower from the end of the 12th century. It consists mainly of tuff . The pulpit dates from the 17th century, the organ is from 1799. One of the two bells was cast in 1394, the other in 1749. There is a sundial on the south wall. In 1951 the tower collapsed. In 1954 the church was rebuilt and the tower was renewed again in 2006.
Jorwert in literature
The Dutch historian Geert Mak wrote the book How God disappeared from Jorwerd (Dutch: Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd ) about this village . The title comes from a scene in which the amalgamation of parishes is discussed. Its German subtitle suggests the tenor of the book: It describes the changes that the second half of the 20th century brought in this village. An agricultural commune becomes a string of houses whose residents "drive away to work elsewhere".
literature
- Geert Mak: How God disappeared from Jorwerd. The fall of the village in Europe . Siedler, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-669-3 .
Web links
- Place website (Dutch)
- About village and coat of arms (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 17, 2018 (Dutch)