It Wytfean

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It Wytfean
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It Wytfean
It Wytfean (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°10′6″N6°6′5″E / 53.16833°N 6.10139°E / 53.16833; 6.10139
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Tytsjerksteradiel flag.svg Tytsjerksteradiel
Postal code
9261 [1]
Dialing code 0511 [1]

It Wytfean (Dutch : Witveen) is a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. [2] It Wytfean has a Mennonite Church, and was a separate parish up to 1838 when it merged with Rottevalle. [3]

It Wytfean is not a statistical entity, [4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Eastermar. [1] It Wytfean has place name signs. [5]

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1543 as opt Witte feenen, and means "white moorland". It started as a peat colony in 1620 by Swiss Mennonite refugees. [6] It Wytfean was home to 240 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 35 houses. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Postcode 9261 in Eastermar". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rottevalle-Witveen". Doopgezind Rottevalle (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2022. not found
  5. 1 2 "It Wytfean". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.


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