Kingmatille Explained

Kingmatille
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands
Coordinates:53.184°N 5.6037°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Friesland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Waadhoeke
Subdivision Type3:Villages
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:0.4
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0517

Kingmatille (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈkɪŋ.maːˌtɪ.lə/; Western Frisian: Keimpetille) is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located east of the city of Franeker, and southwest of the villages of Zweins and Dronryp. Most of the residents of the hamlet are located on the road of the same name north of the .

The hamlet originated at a bridge (Western Frisian: tille) over the Harlinger Trekvaart on the territory of the since-disappeared stins of the Kingma family. In 1718 it was referred to as Kingma Tille.[3] Due to the widening of this canal to the current Van Harinxma Canal, this bridge was replaced by a ferry in 1947. This ferry was taken out of service in 1963 due to excessive costs. In the summer of 2011, the Keimpetille bicycle and pedestrian ferry (with the name Jacob Petrus, running on solar energy) was put into use.[2]

The settlement of the hamlet is located on both sides of the Van Harinxma Canal. On the southern side of the water, the number of houses has reduced to just two, which are located on the Dykshoek. There were more until the mid-20th century. The settlement on the Dykshoek is no longer always included in Kingmatille, but in Hatsum, which is a part of Dronryp, and Tjeppenboer, which is part of Wjelsryp. The rest of the residences are administratively a part of Zweins.

To the north of the hamlet is the eponymous windmill, Kingmatille.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 8814JX . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 12 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Kingmatille . Plaatsengids . 12 October 2023 . nl.
  3. Book: Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard . Van Berkel . Gerard . Samplonius . Kees . 2018 . Mijnbestseller.nl . 9789463679176 . nl.