Uitwellingerga Explained

Uitwellingerga
Native Name:Twellingea
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates:53.0033°N 5.7058°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 Km2:0.82
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:-0.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:380
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8624
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0515

Uitwellingerga (Western Frisian: Twellingea) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 355 in January 2017.[3]

Uitwellingerga and adjacent Oppenhuizen (Western Frisian: Toppenhuzen) are "twin villages" together referred to as Top and Twel.

History

It was first mentioned in 1328 as Wolprandeskerke. The etymology of the current name is unclear.[4] Uitwellingerga is a canal village from around 1000.[5]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1690 probably on the foundation of an earlier church. In 1873, the tower was replaced.[5]

Uitwellingerga was home to 262 people in 1840.[6] Between 1866 and 1868, the road to Sneek was built and the village expanded along the road.[5] In 1902, a dairy factory was built in Uitwellingerga in Renaissance Revival style.[7]

Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.[6]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 8624AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 7 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 7 April 2022. two entries.
  3. http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=13314-13470&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017
  4. Web site: Uitwellingerga - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 7 April 2022 . nl.
  5. Web site: Uitwellingerga . Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven . 2000 . Waanders . Zwolle . 90 400 9476 4 . nl . 7 April 2022.
  6. Web site: Uitwellingerga . Plaatsengids . 7 April 2022 . nl.
  7. Web site: Uitwellingerga . Friesland Wonderland . 7 April 2022 . nl.