Sigerswâld | |
Native Name: | Siegerswoude |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.1506°N 5.9733°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tytsjerksteradiel |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9263 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0511 |
Sigerswâld (Dutch; Flemish: Siegerswoude) is a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Sigerswâld is not a statistical entity,[1] and the postal authorities have placed it under Garyp.[2] The hamlet has place name signs.[3]
The hamlet was first mentioned in 1484 as Sigherswold, and means "forest of Sieger (person)".[4] Sigerswâld was home to 75 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 20 houses.[3]
Sigerswâld used to be a village. In 1482, five nuns from Hoorn arrive in the area after having fled from the Hook and Cod wars. They move into the abandoned church. The Bishop of Utrecht allows them to start the convent Sinaï. During the Reformation, the monastery was forced to close, and was demolished in 1581.[5]