Longerhouw | |
Native Name: | Longerhou |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.0692°N 5.4781°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Súdwest-Fryslân |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2.48 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.5 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 55 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8745 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0517 |
Longerhouw (Western Frisian: Longerhou) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 50 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Langherahof, and means long barnyard.[4] Longerhouw is a terp (artificial living hill) village to the south of the former Marneslenk. Its only connection to the outside world used to be the, and there is a still a little harbour.[5]
The Dutch Reformed church was renovated in 1757. On the inside there are wooden panels which depict the birth of Christ, crucifixion, ascent to heaven and last judgement in meticulous detail.[5] The artist used to be unknown, but in 2018, it was identified as a creation of .
Longerhouw was home to 90 people in 1840.[6] Before 2011, the village was part of the Wûnseradiel municipality.[6]