Siegerswoude | |
Native Name: | Sigerswâld |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Opsterland |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 14.62 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 835 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9248 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0512 |
Siegerswoude (Western Frisian: Sigerswâld) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 810 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Sigerwolde, and means "the woods of Sieger (person)".[4] Siegerwoude developed as three little hamlets in a peat excavation area. The Dutch Reformed church dated from 1910, but burnt down in 1941. In 1949, it was rebuilt.
Siegerwoude was home to 210 people in 1840.[5]