Koarnjum ( nl, Cornjum) is a village in the municipality of
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...
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Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
province), in the
Netherlands
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. The village is situated between Jelsum and
Britsum
The village of Britsum is located in the municipality of Leeuwarden (province of Friesland), in the Netherlands. Britsum was built on an artificial bank (''terp'') running along the eastern side of the former ''Middelzee''. The church, built around ...
and a population of around 370 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1423 as Coernem, and means "settlement of the people of Curra". In 1840, it was home to 303 people. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1873, and received a new spire in 2020.
Koarnjum was served by a station on the
North Friesland Railway
The Noord-Friesche Locaalspoorweg-Maatschappij (North Friesland Railway) was a railway serving the sparsely populated north of the Dutch province of Friesland. It was operated by the North Friesland Local Railway Company (Dutch: ''Noord-Friesche Lo ...
which opened in 1901 and closed to passengers in 1930. The line finally closed in 1997.
Before 2018, the village was part of the
Leeuwarderadeel
Leeuwarderadeel (; fy, Ljouwerteradiel) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its capital was Stiens.
History
On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipality of Leeuwarden.
Population centres
* Bartlehiem
* Britsum
* Cornjum ...
municipality.
Notable Landmarks
The old mansion Martenastate in Koarnjum was demolished in 1899 and replaced by a small fantasy castle. The ''
stins
A stins (Dutch, pl. ''stinsen''; from West Frisian ''stienhûs'' utch ''steenhuis''"stone house", shortened to ''stins'', pl. ''stinzen'') is a former stronghold or villa in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Many stinsen carry the name ...
'' Martenastate was originally built before 1427. In 1658, it was extensively modified. The last owner was Duco Martena van Burmania Vegelin van Claerbergen who was in financial difficulties and sold the ruinous castle to the local church in 1899 who demolished the castle and sold the land to a real estate agent.