Wymbritseradiel

Wymbritseradiel

flag	coat of arms
province	Fryslân
local community	Southwest Fryslân
Area  - land  - water	162.74  km 2 138.05 km 2 24.69 km 2
Residents	16,078 (Dec. 31, 2010)
Coordinates	53 ° 1 '  N , 5 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 1 '  N , 5 ° 37'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0514, 0515
Postcodes	8529-8774

Wymbritseradiel ( listen ^{? / I} ) ( Dutch Wymbritseradeel ) is a former municipality in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It had 16,078 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010). Since January 1st, 2011 Wymbristderadiel is part of the newly formed municipality of Southwest Fryslân .

places

The aqueduct, Dutch "aquaduct", West Frisian "akwadukt" for the Ee (Ie) near Woudsend

The small town of IJlst ( West Frisian : Drylts ) with about 3250 inhabitants was the administrative seat.

The other places in the municipality were (if the place has more than 200 inhabitants, the West Frisian name and the number of inhabitants are given in brackets):

• Abbega
• Blauwhuis (Blauhûs, 600)
• Folsgare (Folsgearre, 300)
• Gaastmeer (De Gaastmar, 200)
• Gauw (Gau, 400)
• Goënga (Goaiingea, 200)
• Greonterp
• Heeg (Heech, 2000)
• Hommerts (De Hommerts, 500)
• Idzega
• Indijk
• Jutrijp (Jutryp, 300)
• Koufurdurrige
• Nijland (Nijlân, 800)
• Oosthem (Easthim, 300)
• Oppenhuizen (Toppenhuzen, 1150)
• Oudega (Aldegea, 600)
• Sandfirden
• Scharnegoutum (Skearnegoutum, 1600)
• Smallebrugge
• Brains
• Tjalhuizum
• Uitwellingerga (Twellingea, 300)
• Westhem
• Wolsum
• Woudsend (Wâldsein, 1300)
• Ypecolsga.

Location and economy

Old town hall of IJlst

The municipality was south of Sneek in the lake area that characterizes the southwest of Fryslân. Water sports tourism and the related trade (including small shipyards in Heeg) and cattle breeding are the pillars of the local economy. IJlst has a small train station on the Leeuwarden - Staveren local railway . The town has an old tradition of wood processing.

history

IJlst has already received 1268 the city charter . At that time it was on the small river Ee or Ye, which flowed into the Zuidersee . The canal in the city center is a remnant of this watercourse. In 1865 the company Nooitgedagt (German: Never thought) settled here . This company became famous all over the Netherlands for its planes and other carpentry tools of the highest quality, wooden toys and especially ice skates . It was taken over by a foreign competitor in 1995 and went bankrupt a few years later. The Nooitgedagt ice skates, so-called Friese doorlopers , consist of a wooden structure under which the ice skate's iron is attached. The company's products can be viewed in a small museum in one of the former factory buildings in downtown IJlster.

In 1984 the new municipality of Wymbritseradiel was created as part of the municipality reform in the Netherlands by merging with numerous previously independent neighboring villages. This in turn merged in 2011 in the new large municipality of Southwest Fryslân .

IJlst is one of the Frisian Eleven Cities (see: Elfstedentocht ).

Heeg was known for its eel fishermen in the 19th century . At that time they even had their own sales facility in London on the Thames .

Many of the small villages are situated on a mound , here in Friesland terp called. Some of them were settled by farmers before the year 400. Most of the villages did not emerge until the Middle Ages .

Attractions

Picturesque Eegracht and Gamalagracht in IJlst

• The town center of IJlst with the small canal: the gardens of the residents are located across the water (so-called overtuines ).
• The Frisian lakes are very popular with water sports enthusiasts. Heeg, Oudega, Woudsend and several other villages have a marina and a campsite.
• Several places, especially Goenga and Sscharnegoutum, have a picturesque center with small, old houses around a village church that is well worth seeing.
• Woudsend has two windmills that are worth seeing.
• The flat meadow landscape is rich in birds.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party	Seats
	1994	1998	2002	2006
CDA	6th	7th	5	4th
FNP	2	3	3	4th
Gemeentebelangen Wymbritseradiel	2	3	6th	4th
PvdA	2	2	2	3
VVD	2	2	1	1
ChristenUnie	-	-	0	1
D66	1	0	-	-
total	15th	17th	17th	17th

Born in Wymbritseradiel

• In Goënga: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), Prime Minister of the Netherlands in World War II .

Web links

Commons : Wymbritseradiel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 19, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1994–2002 2006 , accessed on June 19, 2018 (Dutch)