| Dronryp | |
| Native Name: | Dronrijp |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Map1: | Map NL Menameradiel Dronryp.png |
| Map Caption1: | Location in the municipality of Menameradiel |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.2°N 44°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Waadhoeke |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.83 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.7 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3,275 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9035 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0517 |
Dronryp (Dutch; Flemish: Dronrijp[3]) is a village in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke. On 1 January 2017, it had 3,281 inhabitants.[4]
Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality. A few centuries BC, a settlement developed around where the street Tsjerkebuorren is now (Stenvert et al., 2000). Another settlement came into existence nearby when a canal between Leeuwarden and Harlingen was completed in 1507. (Part of it was filled up in 1940.) Between roughly 1850 and 1950, these two gradually merged.
The oldest known reference to the village dates from 1132, when it was called Denningrip, meaning a "rip" (narrow stretch of land) where a family called Drenninga lived.[5]
Of the old mansions in the area only the early 18th century Schatzenburg remains.
The van Harinxmakanaal, completed in 1953, runs along the south side of the town. The A31 runs along the north side. Dronryp also has a railway station.
Painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in the house at Dûbelestreek 2, Eise Eisinga, famous for his planetarium, at Tsjerkebuorren 13.
There are three windmills in Dronryp; De Poelen, Kingmatille, and the Hatsumermolen.