Haskerdijken | |
Native Name: | Haskerdiken |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.9933°N 5.8797°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Heerenveen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7.81 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 385 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8468 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0513 |
Haskerdijken (Western Frisian: Haskerdiken) is a village in Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 395 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1465 as Dijcken, and means dike belonging to Oudehaske.[4] Haskerdijken was located near the convent of Maria Rozendal which was founded in 1235 at the spot where the monk Doda was killed in 1231 when his chapel collapsed. The convent was destroyed in 1576.[4] In 1818, a church was built at the location of the convent. In 1840, Haskerdijk was home to 304 people.[5]
Before 2014, Haskerdijken was part of the Skarsterlân municipality and before 1984 it was part of Haskerland.[5]