Driezum ( nl, Driesum) is a village in the

Dantumadiel Dantumadiel () is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture. History The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 12 ...

municipality of

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 ...

, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It had a population of around 850 in 2017. Together with

Wâlterswâld Wâlterswâld ( nl, Wouterswoude) is a village in Dantumadiel municipality, Friesland, the Netherlands. The village had a population of approximately 920 in 2017. The village as two residential centers, a northern and southern center. The southern ...

it forms the twin village of Driezum-Wâlterswâld. The residential center of Driezum and the southern residential center of Wâlterswâld form a unit. The two villages have many common associations and a common village community centre, which is located in Wâlterswâld. On the eastern side of Driezum lies the hamlet

Eastwâld Eastwâld ( nl, Oostwoud) is a hamlet in the municipality of Dantumadiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is located to the east of Driezum Driezum ( nl, Driesum) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the N ...

History

The place Driezum is mentioned in the 12th century as ''Dresem''.Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Dutch) This spelling also occurs in 1486-873 as well as in 1543. In the 16th century the maps speak of ''Dresum''. In 1520 Peter van Thabor calls the village ''Dryesen''. The village lays on a sand ridge in the scenic landscape of the Dokkumer Wouden. It is more than possible that the village original was laying a bit more northeast of the modern center of the village on a artificial dwelling mound, an so called

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...

. And then later on the village switched to the sandy ridge and grew there. After the move the terp was still slightly populated and was in 1511 mentioned simply as ''Terp''. In 1540 its mentioned as ''Deser Terp'' and in 1543 as ''Dresum Terp''. Around 1700 its called ''Kanter'' on a map. That's probably the family that lives on the terp then. An indication that the place itself was not seen as big enough place to be called. In the 19th century the terp is called ''Driezumer Terp''. In 1930 its called ''Driesumer Terp'' on the Kadaster map and from 1970 it's spelled as ''Driesummerterp''. In the 17th and 18th centuries the village itself is mainly mentioned as ''Driesum''. In 1786 one also sees the spelling ''Driezum''. The last two spellings then appear alternately. Since the 20th century, the official spelling became Driesum, with Driezum being the West Frisian name. The village was from 1971 the administrative center of the municipality of Dantumadiel. The town hall was located in the noble stone house (

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 ...

) of . In 1999 the new town hall was opened in

Damwâld Damwâld (Dutch: Damwoude) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands. In 2020 it had 5630 citizens. This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel. History The pr ...

, which meant that Driezum was dismissed as an administrative center. In 2008 the municipality Dantumadiel decided that it was going the replace all the official Dutch names within the municipality with the West Frisian names, meaning that Driezum was from 2009 the official name for the village.

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