Ter Idzard | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.9036°N 6.0342°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Weststellingwerf |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 8.42 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.2 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 320 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8476 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0561 |
Ter Idzard (Western Frisian: Teridzert) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 310 in 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Ydzerde, and means "settlement of Idzerd (person)".[4] The Roman Catholic church dates from 1903 and has a spire from 1926, however the village probably had a church around 1100.
The Idzerda Stins was a stins (estate) in the village owned by the Idzerda family. It already existed around 1500. Meinte Idzerda was grietman (a combination of mayor and judge) of Weststellingwerf between 1600 and 1619. The estate was demolished in 1740 and replaced by a farm.[5]
Ter Idzard was home to 446 people in 1840.[6]