Jorwert

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Jorwert
Village
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The "Redbad Church"
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Location in the former Littenseradiel municipality
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Jorwert
Location in the Netherlands
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Jorwert
Jorwert (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°08′44″N5°42′45″E / 53.14556°N 5.71250°E / 53.14556; 5.71250
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Flag of Leeuwarden.svg Leeuwarden
Area
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 • Total7.18 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Elevation
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0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total310
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code
9023 [1]
Dialing code 058

Jorwert (Dutch : Jorwerd) is a village in Friesland, in the municipality of Leeuwarden, with a population of 342 in January 2017. [3]

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The nickname for inhabitants of Jorwert is "Dweilstikken", meaning poor people who are dependent of rich ones. The village is built around a central "terp", a man-made mound between 4 and 8 feet tall built to provide relief from the high tides of the sea before dykes were constructed around the 10th century.

History

Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

Book

Dutch writer Geert Mak used Jorwert as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th century Europe ( ISBN   1-86046-803-9) - though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as How God disappeared from Jorwerd. Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes eloquently about the people and their experiences.

Church

The centre of the village is the "Redbad church", which dates back to the 12th century. The church tower collapsed in 1951, but has since been rebuilt; the action to raise funds for the restoration included an open air play Iepenloftspul Jorwert, which is still held every summer in the garden of the local notary.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2022. two entries
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9023AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Aantal inwoners per dorp Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine - Littenseradiel

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